Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) rueppellii

Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) rueppellii

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 Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yangochiroptera Superfamilia: Vespertilionoidea

Familia: Vespertilionidae
Subfamilia: Vespertilioninae
Tribus: Pipistrellini
Genus: Pipistrellus
Subgenus: Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus)
Species: Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) rueppellii
Subspecies: P. (P.) r. coxi – P. (P.) r. fuscipes – P. (P.) r. pulcher – P. (P.) r. rueppellii – P. (P.) r. senegalensis – P. (P.) r. vernayi

Name

Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) rueppellii J. Fischer, 1829

Type locality: Sudan, Northern Province, Dongola.

References

• J. Fischer, 1829. Synopsis Mamm.: 109.
• Conservation status: IUCN: Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) rueppellii  (Least Concern)
• Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) rueppellii in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Distribution

• Mauritania, Senegal, Algeria, Israel, Egypt, and Iraq, south to Botswana and South Africa
• Zanzibar

Vernacular names

English: Ruppell's Pipistrelle.

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