Pipistrellus kuhlii

Pipistrellus kuhlii

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: Zatheria 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 kuhlii
Subspecies (3): P. k. ikhwanius – P. k. kuhlii – P. k. lepidus

Name

Pipistrellus kuhlii (Kuhl, 1817)

• Syntypes: ?ZMB, collected by Johann Natterer.
• Type locality: “Triest [=Trieste]”, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy.

Combinations

• Vespertilio kuhlii Kuhl, 1817: 6, 55 [original combination]
• Scotophilus kuhlii: Gray, 1838: 497 [name combination]
• Vesperugo kuhlii: Keyserling & Blasius, 1839: 319 [name combination]
• Pipistrellus kuhlii: Mehely, 1900: 261 [name combination]

Synonyms

• Vespertilio pipistrellus aegyptius Fisher, 1829: 105 [considered a nomen dubium by Kock (1999)]
  • ⧼Type material⧽: Unknown.
  • Type locality: “in cryptis Thebarum [=Thebes]” Egypt.

• Romicia calcarata Gray, 1838: 495 [nomen dubium]
  • Holotype: ?BMNH.
  • Type locality: unknown.

• Pipistrellus deserti Thomas, 1902: 4 [synonymized by Benda, Andriollo & Ruedi (2015: 430)]
  • Holotype: BMNH 2.11.4.1., adult ♂, skin and skull.
  • Type locality: “Murzuq”, Fezzan, south-western Libya.

References

Primary references

• Kuhl, H. 1817. Die deutschen Fledermäuse. Privately published: Hanau, Prussia. 67 pp.
• Fischer, J.B. 1829. Synopsis mammalium. J.G. Cottae: Stuttgardt, Württemberg. 527 pp.
• Gray, J.E. 1838. A revision of the genera of bats (Vespertilionidae) and the description of some new genera and species. Magazine of Zoology and Botany 2(12): 483-505. BHL
• Thomas, O. 1902. On the Mammals collected during the Whitaker Expedition to Tripoli. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 2: 2–13. BHL Reference page. 
• Kock, D. 1999. The Egyptian Vespertilio pipistrellus aegyptius Fischer 1829, a nomen dubium (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 79: 101–105.
• Benda, P., Andriollo, T. & Ruedi, M. 2015. Systematic position and taxonomy of Pipistrellus deserti (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Mammalia 79(4): 419–438. DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2014-0024 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Sachanowicz, K., Piskorski, M. & Tereba, A. 2017. Systematics and taxonomy of Pipistrellus kuhlii (Kuhl, 1817) in Central Europe and the Balkans. Zootaxa 4306(1): 53–66. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4306.1.2 Reference page. 

Links

• Juste, J. & Paunović, M. 2016. IUCN: Pipistrellus kuhlii  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T17314A22132946. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T17314A22132946.en

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Weißrandfledermaus
English: Kuhl's Pipistrelle
español: Murciélago de borde claro
français: Pipistrelle de Kühl
italiano: Pipistrello albolimbato
日本語: クールアブラコウモリ
Nederlands: Kuhls dwergvleermuis
polski: Karlik średni
português: Morcego-de-kuhl

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