Hypsugo musciculus
(O. Thomas, 1913)
Mouse-like 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. 1913-03-01. On African bats and shrews. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)11(63):314-321.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635877Original name as described
Pipistrellus musciculus
Other common names
Least Pipistrelle Bat · Western Africa Pipistrelle
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1913.2.8.1
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3996cc57-c65d-462c-b9df-ccd5982ebf9fType locality
"Bitye, Ja River, Camaroons [= Cameroon]. Alt. 2000' [= 610 m]."
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Sierra Leone · Ghana · Cameroon · Gabon · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Republic of the Congo?
Taxonomy notes
placement within Hypsugo is uncertain, as the species is the only Sub-Saharan African representative of the genus
Taxonomy notes citation
Monadjem, A., T. C. Demos, D. L. Dalton, P. W. Webala, S. Musila, J. C. K. Peterhans and B. D. Patterson (2021). A revision of pipistrelle-like bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in East Africa with the description of new genera and species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 191(4): 1114–1146.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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