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Pipistrellus Kaup, 1829

Pipistrelles
Pipistrellus Kaup, 1829; Skizz. Europ. Thierwelt, 1: 98, TS: Vespertilio pipistrellus Schreber
Alobus
Euvesperugo
Hypsugo
Nannugo
Romicia
Scotozous
Vansonia

Pipistrellus aero Heller, 1912

NW.Kenya, Ethiopia?. See [About maps] Pipistrellus aero Heller, 1912; Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 60 (12): 3, TL: Kenya, Mathews Range, Mt. Gargues

Pipistrellus affinis (Dobson, 1871)

NE.Burma, Yunnan, N.India. See [About maps] affinis (Dobson, 1871); Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal: 213, TL: Burma, Bhamo

Pipistrellus anchietai (Seabra, 1900)

Angola, S.Zaire, Zambia. See [About maps] anchietai (Seabra, 1900); J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. Lisboa, (2) 6: 26, 120, TL: Agnola, Cahata
bicolor

Pipistrellus anthonyi Tate, 1942

N.Burma. See [About maps] Pipistrellus anthonyi Tate, 1942; Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 80: 252, TL: Burma, Changyinky, 7000ft

Pipistrellus arabicus Harrison, 1979

Oman. See [About maps] Pipistrellus arabicus Harrison, 1979; Mammalia, 43: 575, TL: Oman, Wadi Sahtan (23°22'N 57°18'E)

Pipistrellus ariel Thomas, 1904

Egypt, N.Sudan. See [About maps] Pipistrellus ariel Thomas, 1904; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (7) 14: 157, TL: Sudan, Kassala, Wadi Alagi (22°N 35°E), 2000ft
Pipistrellus ariel ; [MPR, 54]

Pipistrellus babu Thomas, 1915

Afghanistan, Pakistan, N.India, Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma, China. See [About maps] Pipistrellus babu Thomas, 1915; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 24 (1) : 30, TL: Pakistan, Punjab, Rawalpindi, Murree, 8000ft

Pipistrellus bodenheimeri Harrison, 1960

Israel, S.Yemen, Oman, Socotra?. See [About maps] Pipistrellus bodenheimeri Harrison, 1960; Durban Mus. Novit. 5: 261, TL: Israel, 40km N Eilat, Wadi Araba, Yotwata
Pipistrellus bodenheimeri ; [MPR, 54]

Pipistrellus cadornae Thomas, 1916

NE.India, Burma, Thailand. See [About maps] Pipistrellus cadornae Thomas, 1916; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 24: 416, TL: Darjeeling, Pashok, 3500ft
Pipistrellus savii cadornae ;

Pipistrellus ceylonicus (Kelaart, 1852)

Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Burma, China (Kwangsi, Hainan), N.Vietnam, N.Borneo. See [About maps] ceylonicus (Kelaart, 1852); Prodr. Faun. Zeylanica: 22, TL: Sri Lanka, Trincomalee

Pipistrellus circumdatus (Temminck, 1840)

Java, Malaya, Burma, NE.India. See [About maps] circumdatus (Temminck, 1840); Monogr. Mamm. 2: 214, TL: Java, Tapos

Pipistrellus coromandra (Gray, 1838)

Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma, S.China, Thailand, Vietnam, Nicobar. See [About maps] coromandra (Gray, 1838); Mag. Zool. Bot. 2: 498, TL: India, Coromandel Coast, Pondicherry

Pipistrellus crassulus Thomas, 1904

Cameroun, Zaire. See [About maps] Pipistrellus crassulus Thomas, 1904; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (7) 13: 206, TL: Cameroun, Efulen

?Pipistrellus deserti Thomas, 1902

Libya, Algeria, N.Sudan, Upper Volta, Egypt. See [About maps] Pipistrellus deserti Thomas, 1902; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1902 (2): 4, TL: Libya, Fezzan, Mursuk

Pipistrellus dormeri (Dobson, 1875)

NW.India, S.India, E.India, Pakistan, Taiwan?. See [About maps] dormeri (Dobson, 1875); Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1875: 373, TL: India, Mysore, Bellary Hills
Scotozous dormeri ;

Pipistrellus eisentrauti Hill, 1968

Cameroun, Ivory Coast, Kenya. See [About maps] Pipistrellus eisentrauti Hill, 1968; Bonn. Zool. Beitr., 19: 45, TL: Cameroun, Rumpi Highlands, Dikume-Balue

Pipistrellus endoi Imaizumi, 1959

Japan (Honshu). See [About maps] Pipistrellus endoi Imaizumi, 1959; Bull. Nat. Sci. Mus. Tokyo, 4: 363-371, TL: Japan, Honshu, Ninohe-Gun, Ashiro-cho, Horobe (c. 45km NW of Morioka City)
Pipistrellus endoi ; [MPR, 53]

Pipistrellus hesperus (H. Allen, 1864)

from (Washington - Baja California) - SW.Oklahoma, Mexico. See [About maps] Scotophilus hesperus H. Allen, 1864; Smithson. Misc. Coll., 7 (165): 43, TL: California, Imperia Co., Old Fort Yuma
?Pipistrellus hesperus australis Miller, 1897; North Amer. Fauna 13: 90, TL: Barranca Ibarra, Jalisco, Mexico
?Vesperugo merriami Dobson, 1886; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 18: 124, TL: Red Bluff, Tehama Co., California
?Pipistrellus hesperus apus Elliot, 1904; Field Columb. Mus. Publ. 90, Zool. Ser., 3: 269, TL: Providencia Mines, Sonora, Mexico
?Pipistrellus hesperus potosinus Dalquest, 1951; Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 64: 105, TL: Presa de Guadalupe, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
?Pipistrellus hesperus maximus Hatfield, 1936; Journ. Mamm. 17 (3): 261, TL: Dog Spring, Hidalgo Co., New Mexico
?Pipistrellus hesperus santarosae Hatfield, 1936; Journ. Mamm. 17 (3): 261, TL: Santa Rosa, Guadalupe Co., New Mexico
?Pipistrellus hesperus merriami ;

Pipistrellus imbricatus (Horsfield, 1824)

Java, Kangean, Bali, Palawan, Luzon, Negros. See [About maps] imbricatus (Horsfield, 1824); Zool. Res. Java, 8: ?, TL: Java

Pipistrellus inexspectatus Aellen, 1959

Cameroun, Zaire, Uganda, Sudan?. See [About maps] Pipistrellus inexspectatus Aellen, 1959; Arch. Sci. Phys. Nat. Geneve, ?12: 226, TL: Cameroun, Upper Benoue Valley, Ngaaouyanga

Pipistrellus javanicus (Gray, 1838)

Japan, S.Ussuri, Korea, China, SE.Asia - Java, Philippines, Australia?. See [About maps] Japanese Pipistrelle
Scotophilus javanicus Gray, 1838; Mag. Zool. Bot. 2: 498, TL: Java
Pipistrellus camortae Miller, 1902; Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 24: 779, TL: Kamorta, Nicobar I., Malay Arch.
meyeni

P. j. javanicus

SE.Asia tralatitius Thomas
Pipistrellus javanicus javanicus ; [MPR, 53]
Pipistrellus tralatitius ;

P. j. abramus (Temminck, 1840)

Japan, Korea, China akokomuli
irretitus; (Chekiang,China)
pomiloides
pumiloides
Pipistrellus abramus ;
Pipistrellus irretitus ;
Pipistrellus javanicus abramus ; [MPR, 53]

Pipistrellus joffrei (Thomas, 1915)

N.Burma. See [About maps] joffrei (Thomas, 1915); Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 15: 225, TL: Burma, Kachin Hills
Nyctalus joffrei ;

Pipistrellus kitcheneri Thomas, 1916

Borneo. See [About maps] Pipistrellus kitcheneri Thomas, 1916; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) ??16: 229, TL: Malaysia, Kalimantan, Barito River
Pipistrellus imbricatus kitcheneri ;

Pipistrellus kuhlii (Natterer, 1819)

SEU, Crimea, Caucasus, Turkestan - Pakistan, SW.Asia, Africa. See [About maps] Kuhlinpikkulepakko Kuhl's Pipistrelle
Vespertilio kuhlii Natterer, 1819; in Kuhl, Ann. Wetterau Ges. Naturk. 4 (2): 199, TL: Italy, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trieste
aegyptius; (Egypt)
albicans
albolimbatus
alcythoe
calcarata
canus; (India)
?deserti; (Libya)
ikhwanius; (Arabia)
lepidus; (Afhanistan)
leucotis; (Punjab)
?lobatus; (India)
marginatus Cretzschmar
minuta; (Algeria)
pallidus
pullatus
vispistrellus
fuscatus; (Kenya)
subtilis; (S.Africa)
broomi; (Natal)
Pipistrellus kuhli ; [MPR, 53]

Pipistrellus lophurus Thomas, 1915

Burma. See [About maps] Pipistrellus lophurus Thomas, 1915; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 23: 413, TL: Burma, Tenasserim, Victoria Prov., Maliwun

Pipistrellus macrotis (Temminck, 1840)

Malaya, Sumatra, Bali. See [About maps] macrotis (Temminck, 1840); Monogr. Mamm. 2: 218, TL: Sumatra, Padang
Pipistrellus imbricatus macrotis ;

Pipistrellus mimus Wroughton, 1899

Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Burma, Vietnam, Thailand. See [About maps] Pipistrellus mimus Wroughton, 1899; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 17: 722, TL: India, Gurajat, Surat Dist., Dangs, Mheskatri

Pipistrellus minahassae (Meyer, 1899)

Sulawesi. See [About maps] minahassae (Meyer, 1899); Abh. Zool. Anthrop.-Ethnology. Mus. Dresden, 7 (7): 14, TL: Sulawesi, Minahassa, Tomohon

Pipistrellus mordax (Peters, 1866)

Sri Lanka, India. See [About maps] mordax (Peters, 1866); Monatsb. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin: 402, TL: Java

Pipistrellus musciculus Thomas, 1913

Cameroun, Zaire, Gabon. See [About maps] Pipistrellus musciculus Thomas, 1913; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 11: 316, TL: Cameroun, Ja River, Bitye, 2000ft

Pipistrellus nanulus Thomas, 1904

Sierra Leone - Uganda, Bioko. See [About maps] Pipistrellus nanulus Thomas, 1904; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (7) 14: 198, TL: Cameroun, Efulen

Pipistrellus nanus (Peters, 1852)

South Africa - Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Mali, Sierra Leone, Magagascar, Pemba, Zanzibar. See [About maps] nanus (Peters, 1852); Reise nach Mossambique, Saugeth.: 63, TL: Mozambique, Inhambane
africanus

Pipistrellus nathusii (Keyserling & Blasius, 1839)

EU, W.Asia Minor, Caucasus. See [About maps] Pikkulepakko Nathusius' Pipistrelle
Vespertilio nathusii Keyserling & Blasius, 1839; Arch. Naturgesch., 5 (1): 320, TL: Berlin, Germany
unicolor
Pipistrellus nathusii ; [MPR, 53]

Pipistrellus peguensis Sinha, 1969

Burma. See [About maps] Pipistrellus peguensis Sinha, 1969; Proc. Zool. Soc. Calcutta, 22: 83, TL: Burma, Pegu

Pipistrellus permixtus Aellen, 1957

Tanzania. See [About maps] Pipistrellus permixtus Aellen, 1957; Rev. Suisse Zool., 64: 200, TL: Tanzania, Dar-es-Salaam

Pipistrellus petersi (Meyer, 1899)

Sulawesi, Buru, Amboina. See [About maps] petersi (Meyer, 1899); Abh. Zool. Anthrop.-Ethnology. Mus. Dresden, 7 (7): 13, TL: N.Sulawesi, Minahassa

Pipistrellus pipistrellus (Schreber, 1774)

EU, British Isles, Asia Minor, Palestine, Caucasus, Iran, Turkestan, Afghanistan, Kashmir, ?Korea, Morocco. See [About maps] Kääpiölepakko Common Pipistrelle
Vespertilio pipistrellus Schreber, 1774; Die Saugethiere, 1: 167, TL: France

P. p. pipistrellus

Europe, N.Africa, Asia Minor, Palestine pipistrella
typus
brachyotos
flavescens
genei
?griseus
limbatus
macropterus
?mediterraneus
melanopterus
minutissimus
?murinus Gray
?nigra
nigricans Bonaparte
nigricans Koch
pusillus
pygmaeus; (England)
?rufescens de Selys Longchamps
stenotus
Pipistrellus pipistrellus pipistrellus ; [MPR, 52]

P. p. aladdin Thomas, 1905

Iran, Turkestan, Afghanistan pipistrellus aladdin Thomas, 1905; , TL: Iran
bactrianus
Pipistrellus pipistrellus aladdin ; [MPR, 53]

Pipistrellus pulveratus (Peters, 1871)

China (Szechwan, Yunnan, Hunan, Kiangsu, Fukien, Hong Kong), Thailand. See [About maps] pulveratus (Peters, 1871); in Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.: 618, TL: China, Fukien, Amoy

Pipistrellus rueppelli (Fischer, 1829)

Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Africa (south of Sahara). See [About maps] Rüppell's Bat
Vespertilio rüppellii Fischer, 1829; Synopsis Mamm.: 109, TL: Sudan, Dongola

P. r. rueppelli

Africa

temminckii Cretzschmar fuscipes leucomelas

pulcher senegalensis vernayi

Pipistrellus rueppelli rueppelli ; [MPR, 54]

P. r. coxi Thomas, 1919

Iraq Pipistrellus rueppelli coxi ; [MPR, 54]

Pipistrellus rusticus (Tomes, 1861)

from (Ghana - Ethiopia) - South Africa, Nabibia. See [About maps] rusticus (Tomes, 1861); Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1861: 35, TL: Namibia, Damaraland, Olifants Vlei

Pipistrellus savii (Bonaparte, 1837)

Canary Islands, Morocco, Iberia, SEU, Asia Minor, Iran, Afghanistan, Turkestan, Punjab, Assam, Mongolia - Korea, Japan. See [About maps] Alppipikkulepakko Savi's Pipistrelle
Vespertilio savii Bonaparte, 1837; Iconogr. Fauna Ital., 1: fasc. 20, TL: Pisa, Italy

P. s. savii

Europe, N.Africa agilis
aristippe
bonapartii
darwini; (Canary Is.)
leucippe
maurus
nigrans
ochromixtus
Pipistrellus savii savii ; [MPR, 54]

P. s. caucasicus (Satunin, 1901)

Crimea - W.China pallescens; (Sinkiang)
tamerlani; (Uzbekistan)
tauricus; (Crimea)
Pipistrellus savii caucasicus ; [MPR, 54]

P. s. alaschanicus (Bobrinskii, 1926)

Mongolia Pipistrellus savii alaschanicus ; [MPR, 54]

P. s. velox (Ognev, 1927)

E.Siberia savii velox (Ognev, 1927); , TL: Valdivostok, E.Siberia
Pipistrellus savii velox ; [MPR, 54]

P. s. coreensis Imaizumi, 1955

Korea, Japan (Thushima) Pipistrellus savii coreensis Imaizumi, 1955; Bull. natn. Sci. mus. Tokyo 2: 54-63, TL: Taegu, S. Korea
Pipistrellus savii coreensis ; [MPR, 54]

?P. s. austenianus Dobson, 1871

Assam ?Pipistrellus savii austenianus ; [MPR, 54]

Pipistrellus societatis Hill, 1972

Malaya. See [About maps] Pipistrellus societatis Hill, 1972; Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Zool., 23: 34, TL: Malaysia, Pahang, Gunong Benom

Pipistrellus stenopterus (Dobson, 1875)

Malaya, Sumatra, N.Borneo, Rhio Arch., Philippines (Mindanao). See [About maps] stenopterus (Dobson, 1875); Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1875: 470, TL: Sarawak
Nyctalus stenopterus ;

Pipistrellus sturdeei Thomas, 1915

Japan (Bonin Is.). See [About maps] Pipistrellus sturdeei Thomas, 1915; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 15: 230

Pipistrellus subflavus (Cuvier, 1832)

Nova Scotia, S.Quebec, from (NA.Georgia, SE.Minnesota - Florida) - Guatemala, Honduras. See [About maps] Vespertilio subflavus Cuvier, 1832; Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Pari, 1: 17, TL: USA, Georgia
?Pipistrellus subflavus obscurus Miller, 1897; North Amer. Fauna 13: 93, TL: Lake George, Warren Co., New York
?Vesperugo veraecrucis Ward, 1891; Amer. Nat. 25: 745, TL: Las Vigas, Canto fo Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico

Pipistrellus tasmaniensis (Gould, 1858)

S.Australia, Tasmania. See [About maps] tasmaniensis (Gould, 1858); Mamm. Aust. 3: pl. 48, TL: Tasmania

Pipistrellus tenuis (Temminck, 1840)

Thailand - New Guinea, Bismarck Arch., Solomons, New Hebrides, N.Australia, Coco Keeling, Christmas I.. See [About maps] tenuis (Temminck, 1840); Monogr. Mamm. 2: 229, TL: Sumatra
angulatus
collinus
papuanus
murrayi
subulidens
?Pipistrellus subilidens Miller, 1901; Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci. 3: 134, TL: Sirhassen I., Natuna Islands, South China Sea
swelanus
Pipistrellus angulatus ;
Pipistrellus murrayi ;
Pipistrellus papuanus ;

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References:

[About maps]

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[MPR]

Corbet, G. B, 1978; The Mammals of the Palearctic Region: a taxonomic review

Additional information sources:

• Nisäkäshavaintojen kerääjät Suomessa; (in Finnish only, various contacts for mammals observations within Finland)

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