Hypsugo ariel
(O. Thomas, 1904)
Fairy Pipistrelle
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
Order | : Chiroptera |
Suborder | : Vespertilioniformes |
Superfamily | : Vespertilionoidea |
Family | : Vespertilionidae |
Subfamily | : Vespertilioninae |
Tribe | : Vespertilionini |
Genus | : Hypsugo |
Species status
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1904-08-01. On some small Mammals collected by Mr. A. M. Mackilligin in the Eastern Desert of Egypt. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)14(80):155-159.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27733884Original name as described
Pipistrellus ariel
Other common names
Ariel Pipistrelle · Bodenheimer's Pipistrelle · Desert Pipistrelle · Egyptian Desert Pipistrelle
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1904.11.4.7
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f6e0d4ce-08f0-4ed4-93b0-b994bb17f28fType locality
"Eastern Egyptian desert, lat. 22° N., long. 35° E. Lat. [Sudan]. 2000 feet [= 610 m]."
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic · Palearctic
Country distribution
Oman · Yemen · Saudi Arabia · Israel · Palestine · Jordan · Egypt · Sudan · Kenya?
Taxonomy notes
includes bodenheimeri
Taxonomy notes citation
Benda, P., Dietz, C., Andreas, M., Hotový, J., Lučan, R. K., Maltby, A., ... & Vallo, P. (2008). Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. Part 6. Bats of Sinai (Egypt) with some taxonomic, ecological and echolocation data on that fauna. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae, 72(1-2), 1-103.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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