Pipistrellus rusticus

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: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha 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
Species: Pipistrellus rusticus
Subspecies: P. r. marrensis – P. r. rusticus

Name

• Pipistrellus rusticus (Tomes, 1861)

Lectotype: BMNH 1907.1.1.419, adult ♀, skin and skull. [designated by Thomas (1926: 289)]

Type locality: “Damara Country, South-Western Africa [= Damaraland, Namibia].”

Combinations

• Scotophilus rusticus Tomes, 1861: 35 [original combination]
• Pipistrellus rusticus: Roberts, 1913: 67 [name combination]

References

Primary references

• Tomes, R.F. 1861. Notes on a collection of bats made by Mr. Andersson in the Damara country, South-western Africa, with notices of some other African species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1861: 31–40. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Hill, J.E. 1976. A note on Pipistrellus rusticus. Revue de Zoologie Africaine 90: 626–633.

Links

• Pipistrellus rusticus 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.
• Monadjem, A., Taylor, P.J., Jacobs, D. & Cotterill, F. 2017. IUCN: Pipistrellus rusticus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T17362A22124708

Vernacular names

English: Rusty Pipistrelle