Alionoctula adamsi
(D. J. Kitchener, Caputi, & B. Jones, 1986)
Forest Pipistrelle
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Chiroptera |
| Suborder | : Yangochiroptera |
| Superfamily | : Vespertilionoidea |
| Family | : Vespertilionidae |
| Subfamily | : Vespertilioninae |
| Tribe | : Pipistrellini |
| Genus | : Alionoctula |
Species status
Authority citation
Kitchener, D.J., Caputi, N. and Jones, B. 1986. Revision of Australo-Papuan Pipistrellus and of Falsistrellus (Microchiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 12(4):435-495.
Authority publication link
Original name as described
Pipistrellus adamsi
Other common names
Adams's Pipistrelle · Cape York Pipistrelle
Type material
QM JM5022
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
Type locality
"40 km E Archer River Crossing, Cape York, Queensland (13°27'S, 143°18'E), " Australia.
Biogeographic realm
Australasia
Country distribution
Australia
Taxonomy notes
moved from Pipistrellus to Alionoctula
Taxonomy notes citation
Zhukova, S.S., Yuzefovich, A.P., Lebedev, V.S. and Kruskop, S.V. 2025. Reassessment of the taxonomic borders within Pipistrellus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae, Pipistrellini). Diversity 17(317):1-24. doi:10.3390/d17050317
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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Names and synonyms
Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.
Total: 2 names and synonyms.
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