Afropipistrellus musciculus

(O. Thomas, 1913)

Mouse-like Pipistrelle

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Yangochiroptera
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Vespertilionidae
Subfamily : Vespertilioninae
Tribe : Vespertilionini
Genus : Afropipistrellus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1913-03-01. On African bats and shrews. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)11(63):314-321.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635877

Original name as described

Pipistrellus musciculus

Other common names

Least Pipistrelle Bat · Western Africa Pipistrelle

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1913.2.8.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3996cc57-c65d-462c-b9df-ccd5982ebf9f

Type locality

"Bitye, Ja River, Camaroons [= Cameroon]. Alt. 2000' [= 610 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Sierra Leone · Ghana · Cameroon · Gabon · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Republic of the Congo?

Taxonomy notes

moved from Hypsugo to Afropipistrellus

Taxonomy notes citation

Monadjem, A., T. C. Demos, D. L. Dalton, P. W. Webala, S. Musila, J. C. K. Peterhans and B. D. Patterson (2021). A revision of pipistrelle-like bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in East Africa with the description of new genera and species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 191(4): 1114–1146. · Torrent, L., Juste, J., Garin, I., Aihartza, J., Dalton, D.L., Mamba, M., Tanshi, I., Powell, L.L., Padidar, S., Garcia Mudarra, J.L., Richards, L. and Monadjem, A. 2025-06-02. Taxonomic revision of African pipistrelle-like bats with a new species from the West Congolean rainforest. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (in press).

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005724

Country distribution map

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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. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Pipistrellus musciculus

(O. Thomas, 1913)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

musciculus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1913.2.8.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3996cc57-c65d-462c-b9df-ccd5982ebf9f

Authority page

316

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635877

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1913:316, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635877) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16327)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:67) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:199) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Koopman (1993:222) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  6. Koopman (1994:113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  7. Happold & Happold (2013:637) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)

Hypsugo musciculus

(Simmons, 2005)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

musciculus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000217) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000217) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:815) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005724) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44855/22072827) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Afropipistrellus musciculus

Torrent, Juste, Garin, Aihartza, D. L. Dalton, M. Mamba, Tanshi, L. L. Powell, Padidar, Garcia Mudarra, L. Richards, & Monadjem, 2025

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

musciculus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

13

Authority publication

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Name usages

Torrent, Juste, Garin, Aihartza, Dalton, Mamba, Tanshi, Powell, Padidar, Garcia Mudarra, Richards & Monadjem (2025:13) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69801)

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