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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

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.

Original 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 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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