Hypsugo lophurus

(O. Thomas, 1915)

Burmese 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. 1915-02-02. Scientific results of the mammal survey. No. IX. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 23(3):413-416.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30453836

Original name as described

Pipistrellus lophurus

Other common names

Burma Pipistrelle · Myanmar Pipistrelle

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1914.12.1.6

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/211f850c-08db-412c-b797-fc91ed725d45

Type locality

"Maliwun, Victoria Province, S. Tenasserim [= Tanintharyi Division]," Myanmar.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Myanmar

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005721

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Pipistrellus lophurus

(O. Thomas, 1915)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

lophurus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1914.12.1.6

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/211f850c-08db-412c-b797-fc91ed725d45

Authority page

413

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30453836

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:67) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:198) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Hypsugo lophurus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

lophurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000215) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000215) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:813) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005721) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/17347/22128627) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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