Pipistrellus inexspectatus Aellen 1959 ...
28. Aellen’s Pipistrelle Pipistrellus inexspectatus French: Pipistrelle d'Aellen / German: Aellen-Zwergfledermaus / Spanish: Pipistrela de Aellen Other common names: Aellen’s Pipistrelle Bat, Central Africa Pipistrelle Taxonomy. Pipistrellus inexspectatus Aellen, 1959, “Ngaouyanga, vallée de la...
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| Summary: | 28. Aellen’s Pipistrelle Pipistrellus inexspectatus French: Pipistrelle d'Aellen / German: Aellen-Zwergfledermaus / Spanish: Pipistrela de Aellen Other common names: Aellen’s Pipistrelle Bat, Central Africa Pipistrelle Taxonomy. Pipistrellus inexspectatus Aellen, 1959, “Ngaouyanga, vallée de la haute Benoué, Cameroon.” Pipustrellus inexspectatus is probably closest to the P. kuhlii group of species. Records previously attributed to it from DR Congo and Kenya are now attributed to Hypsugo eisentrauti. Specific epithet is often misspelled as inexpectatus. Monotypic. Distribution. W Africa in N Sierra Leone, SW Burkina Faso, C Ghana, N Benin, NW Nigeria, and NC Cameroon; there are potential records from E Sudan and Uganda, but they require additional investigation. Descriptive notes. Head—body 46-8-47-2 mm,tail 30-37-3 mm, ear 10-13 mm, hindfoot 5-6-6 mm, forearm 31-33 mm; weight 3-5-5 g. Dorsum of Aellen’s Pipistrelle is bright reddish brown to dark brown; venter is reddish cream. Ears are brown and relatively ... : Published as part of Don E. Wilson & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2019, Vespertilionidae, pp. 716-981 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 9 Bats, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 776, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6397752 ... |
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