Life Mammalia Chiroptera Vespertilionidae

• Pipistrellus aegyptius
• Pipistrellus aero Heller, 1912 NW.Kenya, Ethiopia?. See [maps]

  • Pipistrellus aero Heller, 1912; Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 60 (12): 3; TL: Kenya, Mathews Range, Mt. Gargues

  • Pipistrellus aero; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Pipistrellus affinis (Dobson, 1871) NE.Burma, Yunnan, N.India. See [maps]

  • affinis (Dobson, 1871); Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal: 213; TL: Burma, Bhamo
• Pipistrellus anchietai (Seabra, 1900) Angola, S.Zaire, Zambia. See [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 [maps]

  • Pipistrellus anthonyi Tate, 1942; Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 80: 252; TL: Burma, Changyinky, 7000ft
• Pipistrellus arabicus Harrison, 1979 Oman. See [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 [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 [maps]

  • Pipistrellus babu Thomas, 1915; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 24 (1): 30; TL: Pakistan, Punjab, Rawalpindi, Murree, 8000ft

  • Pipistrellus javanicus babu; [CoL]
• Pipistrellus bodenheimeri Harrison, 1960 Israel, S.Yemen, Oman, Socotra?. See [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 [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 [maps]

  • ceylonicus (Kelaart, 1852); Prodr. Faun. Zeylanica: 22; TL: Sri Lanka, Trincomalee

  • Pipistrellus ceylonicus borneanus; [CoL]
  • Pipistrellus ceylonicus ceylonicus; [CoL]
  • Pipistrellus ceylonicus indicus; [CoL]
  • Pipistrellus ceylonicus raptor; [CoL]
  • Pipistrellus ceylonicus shanorum; [CoL]
  • Pipistrellus ceylonicus tongfangensis; [CoL]
  • Pipistrellus ceylonicus; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Pipistrellus circumdatus (Temminck, 1840) Java, Malaya, Burma, NE.India. See [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 [maps]

  • coromandra (Gray, 1838); Mag. Zool. Bot. 2: 498; TL: India, Coromandel Coast, Pondicherry

  • Pipistrellus coromandra; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Pipistrellus crassulus Thomas, 1904 Cameroun, Zaire. See [maps]

  • Pipistrellus crassulus Thomas, 1904; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 13: 206; TL: Cameroun, Efulen
• Pipistrellus cuprosus
• ?Pipistrellus deserti Thomas, 1902 Libya, Algeria, N.Sudan, Upper Volta, Egypt. See [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 [maps]

  • dormeri (Dobson, 1875); Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1875: 373; TL: India, Mysore, Bellary Hills

  • Scotozous dormeri; ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Pipistrellus eisentrauti Hill, 1968 Cameroun, Ivory Coast, Kenya. See [maps]

  • Pipistrellus eisentrauti Hill, 1968; Bonn. Zool. Beitr., 19: 45; TL: Cameroun, Rumpi Highlands, Dikume-Balue
• Pipistrellus endoi Imaizumi, 1959 Japan (Honshu). See [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; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Pipistrellus hesperus (H. Allen, 1864) from (Washington - Baja California) - SW.Oklahoma, Mexico. See [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 [maps]

  • imbricatus (Horsfield, 1824); Zool. Res. Java, 8: ?; TL: Java
• Pipistrellus inexspectatus Aellen, 1959 Cameroun, Zaire, Uganda, Sudan?. See [maps]

  • Pipistrellus inexspectatus Aellen, 1959; Arch. Sci. Phys. Nat. Geneve, ?12: 226; TL: Cameroun, Upper Benoue Valley, Ngaaouyanga

  • Pipistrellus inexspectatus; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Pipistrellus javanicus (Gray, 1838) Japan, S.Ussuri, Korea, China, SE.Asia - Java, Philippines, Australia?. See [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

  • Pipistrellus javanicus camortae; [CoL]
  • Pipistrellus javanicus meyeni; [CoL]
  • Pipistrellus javanicus; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • P. j. javanicus SE.Asia

    • tralatitius Thomas

    • Pipistrellus javanicus javanicus; [MPR], 53; [CoL]
    • Pipistrellus tralatitius;
  • P. j. abramus (Temminck, 1840) Japan, Korea, China

    • akokomuli
    • irretitus; (Chekiang,China)
    • pomiloides
    • pumiloides

    • Pipistrellus abramus; ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
    • Pipistrellus irretitus;
    • Pipistrellus javanicus abramus; [MPR], 53
• Pipistrellus joffrei (Thomas, 1915) N.Burma. See [maps]

  • joffrei (Thomas, 1915); Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 15: 225; TL: Burma, Kachin Hills

  • Nyctalus joffrei;
• Pipistrellus kitcheneri Thomas, 1916 Borneo. See [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 [maps] Kuhlinpikkulepakko Kuhl's Pipistrelle

  • Vespertilio kuhlii Natterer, 1819; 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 hesperidus fuscatus; [CoL]
  • Pipistrellus hesperidus subtilis; [CoL]
  • Pipistrellus kuhli; [MPR], 53
  • Pipistrellus kuhlii ikhwanius; [CoL]
  • Pipistrellus kuhlii kuhlii; [CoL]
  • Pipistrellus kuhlii lepidus; [CoL]
  • Pipistrellus kuhlii marginatus; [CoL]
  • Pipistrellus kuhlii; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Pipistrellus lophurus Thomas, 1915 Burma. See [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 [maps]

  • macrotis (Temminck, 1840); Monogr. Mamm. 2: 218; TL: Sumatra, Padang

  • Pipistrellus imbricatus macrotis;
• Pipistrellus maderensis (Dobson, 1878) Madeira, Las Palmas, Canary Islands

  • Vesperugo maderensis Dobson, 1878; Cat. Chiroptera Br. Mus.: 231; TL: Madeira

  • Pipistrellus maderensis; [MPR], 54; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Pipistrellus mimus Wroughton, 1899 Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Burma, Vietnam, Thailand. See [maps]

  • Pipistrellus mimus Wroughton, 1899; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 17: 722; TL: India, Gurajat, Surat Dist., Dangs, Mheskatri

  • Pipistrellus tenuis mimus; [CoL]
• Pipistrellus minahassae (Meyer, 1899) Sulawesi. See [maps]

  • minahassae (Meyer, 1899); Abh. Zool. Anthrop.-Ethnology. Mus. Dresden, 7 (7): 14; TL: Sulawesi, Minahassa, Tomohon

  • Pipistrellus minahassae; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Pipistrellus mordax (Peters, 1866) Sri Lanka, India. See [maps]

  • mordax (Peters, 1866); Monatsb. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin: 402; TL: Java
• Pipistrellus musciculus Thomas, 1913 Cameroun, Zaire, Gabon. See [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 [maps]

  • Pipistrellus nanulus Thomas, 1904; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 14: 198; TL: Cameroun, Efulen

  • Pipistrellus nanulus; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Pipistrellus nanus (Peters, 1852) South Africa - Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Mali, Sierra Leone, Magagascar, Pemba, Zanzibar. See [maps]

  • nanus (Peters, 1852); Reise nach Mossambique, Saugeth.: 63; TL: Mozambique, Inhambane
  • africanus
• Pipistrellus nathusii (Keyserling & Blasius, 1839) EU, W.Asia Minor, Caucasus. See [maps] Nathusius' Pipistrelle Pikkulepakko

  • Vespertilio nathusii Keyserling & Blasius, 1839; Arch. Naturgesch., 5 (1): 320; TL: Berlin, Germany
  • unicolor

  • Pipistrellus nathusii; [MPR], 53; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Pipistrellus paterculus

  • Pipistrellus paterculus paterculus; [CoL]
  • Pipistrellus paterculus yunnanensis; [CoL]
  • Pipistrellus paterculus; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Pipistrellus peguensis Sinha, 1969 Burma. See [maps]

  • Pipistrellus peguensis Sinha, 1969; Proc. Zool. Soc. Calcutta, 22: 83; TL: Burma, Pegu

  • Pipistrellus javanicus peguensis; [CoL]
• Pipistrellus permixtus Aellen, 1957 Tanzania. See [maps]

  • Pipistrellus permixtus Aellen, 1957; Rev. Suisse Zool., 64: 200; TL: Tanzania, Dar-es-Salaam

  • Pipistrellus permixtus; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Pipistrellus petersi (Meyer, 1899) Sulawesi, Buru, Amboina. See [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 [maps] Common Pipistrelle Kääpiölepakko

  • Vespertilio pipistrellus Schreber, 1774; Die Saugethiere, 1: 167; TL: France

  • Pipistrellus pipistrellus; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • 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; [CoL]
    • Pipistrellus pygmaeus cyprius; [CoL]
    • Pipistrellus pygmaeus pygmaeus; [CoL]
    • Pipistrellus pygmaeus; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • P. p. aladdin Thomas, 1905 Iran, Turkestan, Afghanistan

    • pipistrellus aladdin Thomas, 1905; ; TL: Iran
    • bactrianus

    • Pipistrellus pipistrellus aladdin; [MPR], 53; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Pipistrellus pulveratus (Peters, 1871) China (Szechwan, Yunnan, Hunan, Kiangsu, Fukien, Hong Kong), Thailand. See [maps]

  • pulveratus (Peters, 1871); Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.: 618; TL: China, Fukien, Amoy
• Pipistrellus rueppelli (Fischer, 1829) Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Africa (south of Sahara). See [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 [maps]

  • rusticus (Tomes, 1861); Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1861: 35; TL: Namibia, Damaraland, Olifants Vlei

  • Pipistrellus rusticus marrensis; [CoL]
  • Pipistrellus rusticus rusticus; [CoL]
  • Pipistrellus rusticus; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Pipistrellus savii (Bonaparte, 1837) Canary Islands, Morocco, Iberia, SEU, Asia Minor, Iran, Afghanistan, Turkestan, Punjab, Assam, Mongolia - Korea, Japan. See [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 [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 [maps]

  • stenopterus (Dobson, 1875); Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1875: 470; TL: Sarawak

  • Nyctalus stenopterus;
  • Pipistrellus stenopterus; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Pipistrellus sturdeei Thomas, 1915 Japan (Bonin Is.). See [maps]

  • Pipistrellus sturdeei Thomas, 1915; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 15: 230

  • Pipistrellus sturdeei; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Pipistrellus subflavus (Cuvier, 1832) Nova Scotia, S.Quebec, from (NA.Georgia, SE.Minnesota - Florida) - Guatemala, Honduras. See [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 [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 [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 angulatus; [CoL]
  • Pipistrellus angulatus ponceleti; [CoL]
  • Pipistrellus angulatus; ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Pipistrellus collinus; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Pipistrellus murrayi; ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Pipistrellus papuanus; ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Pipistrellus tenuis nitidus; [CoL]
  • Pipistrellus tenuis portensis; [CoL]
  • Pipistrellus tenuis sewelanus; [CoL]
  • Pipistrellus tenuis subulidens; [CoL]
  • Pipistrellus tenuis tenuis; [CoL]
  • Pipistrellus tenuis; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

• ?Pipistrellus curtatus Miller, 1911

  • Pipistrellus curtatus Miller, 1911; Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 24: 25; TL: Engano I., off W coast of Sumatra
• ?Pipistrellus helios Heller, 1912

  • Pipistrellus helios Heller, 1912; Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 60 (12): 3; TL: Merelle Water, 30mi S of Mt Marsabit, Kenya
• ?Pipistrellus minusculus Miller, 1900

  • Pipistrellus minusculus Miller, 1900; Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci. 2: 647; TL: Mount Coffee, Liberia, West Africa

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