Least Pipistrelle
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| Least Pipistrelle | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Genus: | Pipistrellus |
| Subgenus: | Pipistrellus |
| Species: | P. tenuis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pipistrellus tenuis (Temminck, 1840)[2] |
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The Least Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus tenuis) is a species of vesper bat. It is found in Afghanistan, Cameroon, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Vietnam.
[edit] Subspecies
Subspecies include:[3]
- Pipistrellus tenuis tenuis
- Pipistrellus tenuis mimus
- Pipistrellus tenuis murrayi
- Pipistrellus tenuis nitidus
- Pipistrellus tenuis ponceleti
- Pipistrellus tenuis portensis
- Pipistrellus tenuis sewelanus
- Pipistrellus tenuis subulidens
[edit] References
- ^ Chiroptera Specialist Group (1996). Pipistrellus tenuis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
- ^ Temminck C. J. (1840) Monogr. Mamm., 2: 229.
- ^ Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). (2005). "Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) tenuis". Mammal Species of the World. 3rd ed., Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp. accessed 11 Amarch 2009.
[edit] Further reading
- John O. Whitaker J. O. Jr., Suthakar Issac S., Marimuthu G. & Kunz (1999). "Seasonal Variation in the Diet of the Indian Pygmy Bat, Pipistrellus mimus, in Southern India". Journal of Mammalogy 80(1): 60-70. JSTOR
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