Pipistrellus pipistrellus

(von Schreber, 1774)

Common 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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Schreber, J.C.D. von. 1774. pl. 54. P. pl. 54 in Schreber, J.C.D. von. 1774-1855. Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen. Walther, Erlangen.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31060102

Original name as described

Vespertilio pipistrellus

Other common names

Common Pipistrelle Bat · Small House Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1997.81

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1327940e-8e2e-4d22-9874-d98dc38bd944 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7057e018-3071-4be3-8ce7-4cc7ab08d24c

Type locality

France.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya · Palearctic

Country distribution

Afghanistan · Albania · Algeria · Armenia · Austria · Azerbaijan · Belarus · Belgium · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · China · Croatia · Czech Republic · Denmark · Estonia · France · Georgia · Germany · Greece · Hungary · India · Iran · Ireland · Israel · Italy · Kazakhstan · Kosovo · Kyrgyzstan · Latvia · Lebanon · Libya · Liechtenstein · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Malta · Moldova · Montenegro · Morocco · Netherlands · North Macedonia · Pakistan · Palestine · Poland · Portugal · Romania · Russia · Serbia · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden · Switzerland · Syria · Tajikistan · Tunisia · Turkey · Turkmenistan · Ukraine · United Kingdom · Uzbekistan

Distribution notes

Records in Myanmar were based on misidentified Alionoctula coromandra, and a supposed occurrence on Taiwan was apparently based on Alionoctula abramus. Identification of material from India and Pakistan needs confirmation.

Distribution references

Bates, P.J.J., Nwe, T., Si Si Hla Bu, Mie, K.M., Swe, K.M., Nyo, N., Khaing, A.A., Aye, N.N., Toke, Y.Y., Aung, N.N., Thi, M.M. and Mackie, I. 2005. A review of the genera Myotis, Ia, Pipistrellus, Hypsugo, and Arielulus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from Myanmar (Burma), including three species new to the country. Acta Chiropterologica 7(2):205-236. doi:10.3161/1733-5329(2005)7[205:AROTGM]2.0.CO;2

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005632

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 46 names and synonyms.

Vespertilio pipistrellus

von Schreber, 1774

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

pipistrellus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1997.81

Type kind

neotype

Type locality

France: Oise.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1327940e-8e2e-4d22-9874-d98dc38bd944 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7057e018-3071-4be3-8ce7-4cc7ab08d24c

Authority page

pl. 54

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31060102

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

Erxleben (1777:148, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872945) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
Zimmermann (1783:160, 168) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
Zimmermann (1783:167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
Gmelin (1788:48, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751268) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
Kerr (1792:95, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
Wolf (1796:60) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72410)
Borkhausen (1797:82, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38962590) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59275)
Shaw (1800:132, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150813) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37615)
Daudin (1802:188, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033438) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
Turton (1802:25, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772862) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:53) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)
Treviranus (1803:178, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1806:195, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29407865) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66103)
Goldfuss (1809:101, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497935) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1813:116, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15953705) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38609)
Fischer (1814:xix, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130080) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
Illiger (1815:63, 78, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080919, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080934) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
Illiger (1815:78, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080934) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
Wiedemann (1818:160, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14282569) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69431)
Voigt (1819:409) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69477)
Muirhead (1819:408) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
Nilsson (1820:344) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69318)
Ranzani (1820:207, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27807787) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69425)
Desmarest (1821:139, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523903) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
Schinz (1821:176, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528933) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
Lichtenstein (1823:125, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60405166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65818)
Boie (1823:967, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13257198) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68425)
Lesson (1827:89, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207557) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
Fischer (1829:104) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
Eichwald (1831:385, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35753050) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67585)
Baillon (1834:50, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34171224) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67511)
Melchior (1834:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68789)
S.D.W. (1836:69, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2508318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43690)
Schinz (1837:11, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13859881) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67792)
Savi (1838:220) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69199)
Nordmann (1839:11, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63252057) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69245)
Temminck (1840:194) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59644)
Blyth (1840:74 (footnote), https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918288) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67419)
Smith (1842:136, https://books.google.com/books?id=DvE_AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA136) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
Crespon (1844:25, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52795625) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38970)
Schinz (1844:159) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36043)
Gistel (1848:250, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25781129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69572)
Gervais (1849:214, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57438731) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60636)
Kelaart (1852:156, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278676) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67270)
Murray (1866:349, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580345) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Trouessart (1904:81, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422910) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Vespertilio Pipistrelle

P. L. S. Müller, 1776

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

pipistrelle

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

Frankreich

Type locality

France.

Authority page

16

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51217683

Authority publication

Nuremberg

Name usages

Müller (1776:16, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51217683) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38532)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Vespertilio Pipistrella:

Boddaert, 1785

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

pipistrella

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

69

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230033

Authority publication

Rotterdam

Name usages

Boddaert (1785:69, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230033) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)

Vespertilio pinistrellus:

F. Boie, 1825

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

pinistrellus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

1201

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27509442

Authority publication

Isis von Oken

Name usages

Boie (1825:1201, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27509442) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68424)

Vespertilio pipistrillus:

Billberg, 1827

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

pipistrillus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

26

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

Billberg (1827:26) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67228)

Vespirtilio brachyotos

Baillon, 1834

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

brachyotos

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

l'arrondissement d'Abbeville

Type locality

France: Somme.

Authority page

50

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34171224

Authority publication

Mémoires de la Société royale d'Émulation d'Abbeville

Name usages

Baillon (1834:50, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34171224) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67511)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Scotophilus murinus

J. E. Gray, 1838

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

murinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

Inhabits Europe

Type locality

Europe.

Authority page

497

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026400

Authority publication

Magazine of Zoology and Botany

Name usages

Gray (1838:497, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026400) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34750)
Gray (1843:28, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729613) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35530)
Murray (1866:348, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580344) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Vespertilio (Pipistrellus) Pipistrellus Var. Nigra

de Sélys-Longchamps, 1839

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

nigra

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

140

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47312296

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Vesperugo Pipistrellus:

von Keyserling & J. H. Blasius, 1839

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

pipistrellus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

321

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24904232

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

Keyserling & Blasius (1839:321, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24904232) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56536)
Rosenhauer (1856:1, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42185388) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69178)
Fitzinger (1870:243, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6704654) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37105)
Severtsov (1876:41, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15925044) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36030)
Heuglin (1877:32, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876363) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66584)
Trouessart (1878:240, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33975523) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58780)
Wallace (1880:366) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68070)
Bocage (1882:25, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16211308) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68546)
Seabra (1900:27) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68460)
Acloque (1900:36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59737)
Seabra (1900:95) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68463)

Vespertilio (Pipistrellus) pipistrellus var. rufescens

de Sélys-Longchamps, 1839

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

rufescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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