Parastrellus hesperus

Parastrellus hesperus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vespertilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yangochiroptera Superfamilia: Vespertilionoidea

Familia: Vespertilionidae
Subfamilia: Vespertilioninae
Genus: Parastrellus
Species: Parastrellus hesperus
Subspecies (2): P. h. hesperus – P. h. maximus

Name

Parastrellus hesperus (H. Allen, 1864)

• Holotype: not assigned.
• Lectotype: USNM 5406/37406, adult ♂, body in alcohol with skull removed. [designated by G. S. Miller (1897: 88)]
• Type locality: “Ft. Yuma, Cal.” [=Old Fort Yuma, Imperial Co., California, United States].

Combinations

• Scotophilus hesperus H. Allen, 1864: 43 [original combination]
• Vesperugo hesperus: Dobson, 1878: 228 [name combination]
• Pipistrellus hesperus: Miller, 1897: 88 [name combination]
• Pipistrellus (Hypsugo) hesperus: Hill & Harrison, 1987: 246 [name combination]
• Hypsugo hesperus: Koopman, 1993 [name combination]
• P[arastrellus]. hesperus: Hoofer, Van Den Bussche & Horáček, 2006: 982 [name combination]

References

Primary references

• Allen, H. 1864. Monograph of the bats of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 165: xxiv + 85 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Dobson, G.E. 1878. Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the collection of the British Museum. Trustees of the British Museum, London, United Kingdom. BHL
• Miller, G.S., Jr. 1897. Revision of the North American Bats of the Family Vespertilionidae. North American Fauna 13:1–136. DOI: 10.3996/nafa.13.0001
• Hill, J.E. & Harrison, D.L. 1987. The baculum in the Vespertilioninae (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) with a systematic review, a synopsis of Pipistrellus and Eptesicus and the description of a new genus and subgenus. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Zoology Series 52(7): 225–305. BHL
• Koopman, K.F. 1993. Order Chiroptera. Pp. 137–241 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 2rd edition. Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington, D.C. ISBN 9781560982173. Reference page. 
• Hoofer, S.R., Van Den Bussche, R.A. & Horáček, I. 2006. Generic Status of the American Pipistrelles (Vespertilionidae) with Description of a New Genus. Journal of Mammalogy 87(5): 981–992. DOI: 10.1644/05-MAMM-A-425R1.1 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Hatfield, D.M. 1936. A Revision of the Pipistrellus hesperus Group of Bats. Journal of Mammalogy 17(3): 257–262. DOI: 10.2307/1374425
• Findley, J.S. & Traut, G.L. 1970. Geographic Variation in Pipistrellus hesperus. Journal of Mammalogy 51(4): 741–765. DOI: 10.2307/1378299

Links

• Solari, S. 2019. IUCN: Parastrellus hesperus  (Least Concern) . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T17341A22129352. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T17341A22129352.en. Accessed on 23 November 2023.
• North American Mammals: Pipistrellus hesperus
• USGS: Parastrellus hesperus (Canyon Bat)

Vernacular names

English: Western Pipistrelle
español: Pipistrelo del oeste americano

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