Hypsugo alaschanicus Bobrinskii 1926

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Vespertilionidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 451-529 : 489

Hypsugo alaschanicus Bobrinskii 1926

Hypsugo alaschanicus Bobrinskii 1926 , C. R. Acad. sci. URSS, A, 1926: 98.

Type Locality: Mongolia, Alashan Range, Hotin Gol Pass.

Vernacular Names: Alashanian Pipistrelle.

Synonyms: Hypsugo coreensis Imazumi 1955 ; Hypsugo velox Ognev 1927 .

Distribution: Mongolia, China, Russian Far East to Korea and Tsushima Isl ( Japan).

Conservation: IUCN 2003 – Not evaluated; not considered in IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001).

Discussion: Formerly included in savii , but see Horácek et al. (2000). Horácek et al. (2000) suggested that coreensis might represent a separate subspecies, but also see Yoshiyuki (1989), who treated coreensis as a distinct species.