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Pipistrellus (pipistrelle bat)
Taxonomy
Pipistrellus was named by Kaup (1829). It is extant. Its type is Vespertilio pipistrellus.
It was assigned to Vespertilionae by Kurten and Anderson (1980); and to Vespertilionidae by Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Sherman (1952), Kurten (1968), Rabon et al. (2000), Czaplewski et al. (2002).
It was assigned to Vespertilionae by Kurten and Anderson (1980); and to Vespertilionidae by Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Sherman (1952), Kurten (1968), Rabon et al. (2000), Czaplewski et al. (2002).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1829 | Pipistrellus Kaup |
| 1873 | Vesperugo Cope p. 374 |
| 1877 | Vesperugo Schlosser p. 78 |
| 1902 | Pipistrellus Hay p. 742 |
| 1930 | Pipistrellus Hay p. 454 |
| 1952 | Pipistrellus Sherman p. 88 |
| 1968 | Pipistrellus Kurten p. 56 |
| 1980 | Pipistrellus Kurten and Anderson p. 121 |
| 2000 | Pipistrellus Rabon et al. p. 62 |
| 2002 | Pipistrellus Czaplewski et al. p. 101 |
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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.
G. Pipistrellus Kaup 1829 [pipistrelle bat]
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†Pipistrellus anemophilus Cope 1880
Pipistrellus hesperus Allen 1864 [western pipistrelle]
Pipistrellus kuhlii Natterer 1819 [Kuhl's pipistrelle]
Pipistrellus nathusii Keyserling and Blasius 1839
Pipistrellus pipistrellus Schreber 1774
Pipistrellus savii Bonaparte 1837
Pipistrellus tenuis Temminck 1840 [least pipistrelle]
Invalid names: Vesperugo Cope 1873 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Simmons et al. 2008, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Turolian to the top of the Holocene or 8.72500 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 7.246 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 7.246 Ma
Collections (17 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Tortonian | China (Yunnan) | Pipistrellus sp. (11798) | |
| Turolian | China (Yunnan) | Pipistrellus sp. (44219 44223 44224) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Spain (Mallorca) | Pipistrellus sp. (214536) | |
| Pleistocene | Greece (Chalkidiki) | Pipistrellus sp. (183123) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Maryland) | Pipistrellus sp. (20302) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Austria (Niederoesterreich) | Pipistrellus sp., Pipistrellus savii (50258) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | China (Hubei) | Pipistrellus coromandra (92787) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Alabama) | Pipistrellus sp. (84195) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Virginia) | Pipistrellus sp. (104035) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Missouri) | Pipistrellus sp. (63565 63568) | |
| Holocene | South Africa (N. Transraal) | Pipistrellus kuhli (21693) | |
| Holocene | USA (Texas) | Pipistrellus hesperus (74474) | |
| Holocene | Spain | Pipistrellus pipistrellus (235636 235655) |