Pipistrellus grandidieri

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 grandidieri
Subspecies: P. g. angolensis – P. g. grandidieri

Name

• Pipistrellus grandidieri (Dobson, 1876)

Holotype: MNHN 1996-2129, adult ♀, body in alcohol and skull.

Type locality: “Zanzibar”, Tanzania.

Combinations

• Vesperugo (Vesperus) grandidieri Dobson 1876: 500 [original combination]
• Eptesicus grandidieri: Matschie, 1897: 84 [name combination]
• Pipistrellus (Afropipistrellus) grandidieri: Thorn, Kock & Cuisin, 2007: 76 [name combination]

References

Primary references

• Dobson, G. 1876. Description of a new species of Vesperugo from Zanzibar. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 4, 18(108): 500–501. DOI: 10.1080/00222937608682082 BHL
• Thorn, E., Kock, D. & Cuisin, J. 2007. Status of the African bats Vesperugo grandidieri Dobson 1876 and Vesperugo flavescens Seabra 1900 (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae), with description of a new subgenus. Mammalia 71(1/2): 70–79. DOI: 10.1515/MAMM.2007.013 Reference page. 

Links

• Pipistrellus grandidieri 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.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Grandidiers Zwergfledermaus
English: Grandidier's Pipistrelle
français: Pipistrelle de Grandidier