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Pipistrellus pipistrellus

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae

Taxonomy
Vespertilio pipistrellus was named by Schreber (1774). It is extant. It is the type species of Pipistrellus.

It was recombined as Pipistrellus pipistrellus by Hay (1902), Hay (1930) and Kurten (1968).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1774Vespertilio pipistrellus Schreber
1902Pipistrellus pipistrellus Hay p. 742
1930Pipistrellus pipistrellus Hay p. 454
1968Pipistrellus pipistrellus Kurten p. 56

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
orderChiropteraBlumenbach 1779
suborderYangochiropteraKoopman 1984
superfamilyVespertilionoidea
familyVespertilionidae
genusPipistrellusKaup 1829
speciespipistrellus(Schreber 1774)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available