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The population of [[Algeria]], [[Egypt]], [[Libya]], [[Sudan]] was formerly known as ''Pipistrellus deserti''<ref>Benda, P. 2004. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150914120052/http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/44929/0 Pipistrellus deserti]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140627000000/http://www.iucnredlist.org/ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.] Downloaded on 19 July 2007.</ref>. This taxon is now considered to be a junior synonym of ''Pipistrellus kuhlii''<ref name="BendaAndriollo2015">{{cite Q|Q37147763}}</ref> |
The population of [[Algeria]], [[Egypt]], [[Libya]], [[Sudan]] was formerly known as ''Pipistrellus deserti''<ref>Benda, P. 2004. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150914120052/http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/44929/0 Pipistrellus deserti]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140627000000/http://www.iucnredlist.org/ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.] Downloaded on 19 July 2007.</ref>. This taxon is now considered to be a junior synonym of ''Pipistrellus kuhlii''<ref name="BendaAndriollo2015">{{cite Q|Q37147763}}</ref> |
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==Distribution== |
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Distributed in the north-west of France, south of Germany, Austria, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Bulgaria, Serbia, Romania, Ukraine to southern Russia. Occurs in all Mediterranean islands, Canary Islands, North Africa, Asia Minor, in the near East, the whole Arabian Peninsula to Afghanistan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. In Bulgaria it is a rare species – established in South Bulgaria. <ref> [http://batslife.eu/item/pipistrellus-kuhlii/ "Pipistrellus kuhlii"], ''Science for Nature Foundation''</ref> |
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==Description== |
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Small bat with brown dorsal fur and with pale beige, whitish or pale yellowish ventral side. The ears and face in adult animals are reddish-brown, in younger animals – dark brown. The flight membrane between the fifth finger and the foot has a sharply defined wide white border of 1 – 2 mm. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 11:46, 14 November 2019
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Genus: | Pipistrellus |
| Species: | P. kuhlii
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| Pipistrellus kuhlii Kuhl, 1817
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Vespertilio kuhlii Kuhl, 1817 | |
Kuhl's pipistrelle (Pipistrellus kuhlii) is a species of vesper bat that lives over large areas of North Africa, southern Europe and Western Asia.[1] It can be found in temperate forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, temperate grassland, rural gardens, and urban areas.
Taxonomy
Kuhl's pipistrelle was first named in 1817, under the name Vespertilio kuhlii, in a work by Heinrich Kuhl entitled Die deutschen Fledermäuse ("The bats of Germany").[2] The specific epithet was chosen by Johann Natterer, who had collected the first specimens, and commemorates Kuhl; under the rules of the ICZN, however, Kuhl himself is regarded as the authority, as the first to report the name.[3]
The population of Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Sudan was formerly known as Pipistrellus deserti[4]. This taxon is now considered to be a junior synonym of Pipistrellus kuhlii[5]
Distribution
Distributed in the north-west of France, south of Germany, Austria, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Bulgaria, Serbia, Romania, Ukraine to southern Russia. Occurs in all Mediterranean islands, Canary Islands, North Africa, Asia Minor, in the near East, the whole Arabian Peninsula to Afghanistan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. In Bulgaria it is a rare species – established in South Bulgaria. [6]
Description
Small bat with brown dorsal fur and with pale beige, whitish or pale yellowish ventral side. The ears and face in adult animals are reddish-brown, in younger animals – dark brown. The flight membrane between the fifth finger and the foot has a sharply defined wide white border of 1 – 2 mm.
References
- ^ a b Juste, J.; Paunović, M. (2016). "Pipistrellus kuhlii". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T17314A22132946.
- ^ Heinrich Kuhl (1817). Die deutschen Fledermäuse [The bats of Germany] (in German). Hanau.
- ^ Charles Klaver (2007). Inseparable Friends in Life and Death: Heinrich Kuhl (1797–1821) and Johan Conrad Van Hasselt (1797–1823), Students of Prof. Theo Van Swinderen. Biografieën van Groningse hoogleraren. Barkhuis. p. 93. ISBN 9789077922316.
- ^ Benda, P. 2004. Pipistrellus deserti. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
- ^ Petr Benda; Tommy Andriollo; Manuel Ruedi (November 2015). "Systematic position and taxonomy of Pipistrellus deserti (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)". Mammalia. 79 (4): 419–438. doi:10.1515/MAMMALIA-2014-0024. ISSN 0025-1461. Wikidata Q37147763.
- ^ "Pipistrellus kuhlii", Science for Nature Foundation
External links
Media related to Pipistrellus kuhlii at Wikimedia Commons
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