Alionoctula babu

(O. Thomas, 1915)

Babu's 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

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1915-09-30. On pipistrels of the genera Pipistrellus and Scotozous. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 24(1):29-34.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30151515

Original name as described

Pipistrellus babu

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1907.11.21.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5be18923-dbe8-4616-87bd-907ab64d9ee2

Type locality

Muree, Punjab province, Pakistan, in the Pir Panjal Range of the W Himalayas.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Pakistan · India · Nepal

Taxonomy notes

split from A. javanica

Taxonomy notes citation

Saikia, U., Chakravarty, R., Csorba, G., Laskar, M. A., & Ruedi, M. (2025). Taxonomic reassessment of bats from the Western Himalayas, India and description of a new species of the Myotis frater complex (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae). Zootaxa, 5644(1), 1-78. · Zhukova, S. S., Yuzefovich, A. P., Lebedev, V. S., & Kruskop, S. V. (2025). Reassessment of the Taxonomic Borders Within Pipistrellus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae, Pipistrellini). Diversity, 17(5), 317.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006949

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 babu

(O. Thomas, 1915)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

babu

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.11.21.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5be18923-dbe8-4616-87bd-907ab64d9ee2

Authority page

30

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30151515

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:67) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:74) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Koopman (1993:220) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  5. Koopman (1994:113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  6. Saikia, Chakravarty, Csorba, Laskar & Ruedi (2025:50) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69679)

Pipistrellus javanicus babu

(Simmons, 2005)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

babu

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:779) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Alionoctula babu

Zhukova, Yuzefovich, Lebedev, & Kruskop, 2025

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

babu

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

16

Authority publication

Diversity

Name usages

Zhukova, Yuzefovich, Lebedev & Kruskop (2025:16) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69659)

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