Pipistrellus hesperidus
(Temminck, 1840)
Dusky Pipistrelle
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Chiroptera |
| Suborder | : Yangochiroptera |
| Superfamily | : Vespertilionoidea |
| Family | : Vespertilionidae |
| Subfamily | : Vespertilioninae |
| Tribe | : Pipistrellini |
| Genus | : Pipistrellus |
| Subgenus | : Pipistrellus |
Species status
Authority citation
Temminck, C.J. 1840. Livraison 3. Pp. 141–272 in Temminck, C.J. 1835-1841. Monographies de Mammalogie. Tome second. C. C. van der Hoek, Leiden, 392 pp.
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Original name as described
Vespertilio hesperida
Other common names
African Pipistrelle
Type material
SMF:MAMM:12381
Type kind
lectotype
Type locality
"Les bords de la Mer rouge vers les côtés d'Abyssinie [= the shores of the Red Sea toward the coast of Ethiopia]."
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Angola · Botswana · Burkina Faso · Burundi · Cameroon · Canary Islands · Cape Verde · Cote d'Ivoire · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Djibouti · Equatorial Guinea · Eritrea · Eswatini · Ethiopia · Ghana · Kenya · Lesotho · Liberia · Madagascar · Malawi · Mozambique · Niger · Nigeria · Rwanda · Senegal · Somalia · South Africa · South Sudan · Sudan · Tanzania · Uganda · Zambia · Zimbabwe
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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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.
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