Genus Pipistrellus Kaup, 1829

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• Pipistrellus Kaup, J. 1829. Skizzirte Entwickelungs-Geschichte und Natürliches System der Europäischen Thierwelt. Leipzig : C.W. Leske xii 204 pp. [98, 188].

  Type species:

   Vespertilio pipistrellus Schreber, 1774 by monotypy (as Vespertilio pipistrellus).
• Vesperugo Keyserling, A.G. von & Blasius, I.H. 1839. Uebersicht der Gattungs-und Artcharaktere der europäischen Fledermäuse. Arch. Naturv. Christiania 5(Erster Bd): 293-331 [312] [the taxon Vesperugo Keyserling & Blasius is discussed by Miller (1897: 383–384)].

  Type species:

   Vespertilio pipistrellus Schreber, 1774 by subsequent designation, see Mahoney, J.A. in Walton, D.W. (ed.) 1988. Zoological Catalogue of Australia Volume 5. Mammalia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service x 274 pp. [Date published 13/Apr/1988] (as V. pipistrellus Daub.).

  Compiled from secondary source:

   Miller, G.S. 1897. The nomenclature of some European bats. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 20: 379-385.
• Nannugo Kolenati, F.A. 1856. Europa's Chiroptern. Allgemeine Deutsche Naturhistorischen Zeitung ns 2: 121-132, 161-192 [131, 169] [originally made available as a subgenus of Vesperugo Keyserling & Blasius, 1839); recorded from Australia by Trouessart, E.-L. 1878. Catalogue des mammifères vivants et fossiles. Rev. Mag. Zool. 3 6: 201–254 [241]].

  Type species:

   Vespertilio pipistrellus Schreber, 1774 by subsequent designation, see Mahoney, J.A. in Walton, D.W. (ed.) 1988. Zoological Catalogue of Australia Volume 5. Mammalia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service x 274 pp. [Date published 13/Apr/1988] (as Vesperugo (Nannugo) pipistrellus Daubenton).

  Compiled from secondary source:

   Trouessart, E.-L. 1878. Catalogue des mammifères vivants et fossiles. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée. Paris 3 6: 201-254.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hickman, G.C. 1981. National mammal guides: a review of references to Recent faunas. Mammal Review 11: 53-85 (see for references to extralimital synonymy)
• Miller, G.S. 1897. Revision of the North American bats of the family Vespertilionidae. North American Fauna 13: 1-135 pls 1-3 [87]

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

N America, Canary Ils, Europe, Africa, Asia, SE Asian islands, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
  • Western Australia: N coastal
• Solomon Islands

Nearctic Region

Oriental Region

• Philippines

Palaearctic Region

Distribution References

General References

Miller, G.S. 1897. The nomenclature of some European bats. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 20: 379-385 [383-384]

Nowak, R.M. & Paradiso, J.L. 1983. Walker's Mammals of the World. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press Vol. 1