Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) deserti Thomas 1902

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 : 474

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11327556

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scientific name

Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) deserti Thomas 1902
status

 

Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) deserti Thomas 1902 View in CoL

Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) deserti Thomas 1902 View in CoL , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1902 ( II): 4.

Type Locality: Libya, Fezzan, Murzuk.

Vernacular Names: Desert Pipistrelle.

Synonyms: Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) aegyptius J. Fischer 1829 .

Distribution: Egypt, N Sudan, Libya, Algeria, Burkina Faso, Ghana.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc) as P. aegyptius .

Discussion: Subgenus Pipistrellus . Qumsiyeh (1985) proposed use of aegyptius for this species and many subsequent authors followed this usage, but see Kock (1999 b), who showed aegyptius to be a nomen dubium. Reviewed by Horácek et al. (2000).

Kock, D. 1999 b. The Egyptian Vespertilio pipistrellus aegyptius Fischer 1829, a nomen dubium. Senkenbergiana Biologica, 79: 101 - 105.

Qumsiyeh, M. B. 1985. The bats of Egypt. Special Publications, The Museum, Texas Tech University Press, 23: 1 - 102.

SSC

Sacramento State University

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Chiroptera

Family

Vespertilionidae

SubFamily

Vespertilioninae

Tribe

Pipistrellini

Genus

Pipistrellus

SubGenus

Pipistrellus