Pipistrellus permixtus Aellen 1957 ...

• Main Authors: Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Lynx Edicions 2019
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Chiroptera; Vespertilionidae; Pipistrellus; Pipistrellus permixtus; Pipistrellus pipistrellus; Lynx
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6567077; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6567077

30. Dar-es-Salaam Pipistrelle Pipistrellus permixtus French: Pipistrelle de Tanzanie / German: Dar-es-Salaam-Zwergfledermaus / Spanish: Pipistrela de Tanzania Other common names: Dar-es-Salaam Pipistrelle Bat, Tanzania Pipistrelle Taxonomy. Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) permixtus Aellen, 1957, “ Dar es Salam [sic], Tanganyika [= Tanzania].” Taxonomy of P. permixtus is currently uncertain. It seems to be related to Palearctic Pipistrellus, and because the only known specimen was found at port Dar-es-Salaam, there are speculations that it might have been a stowaway on a ship from some Palearctic region. Monotypic. Distribution. Known only from type specimen at Dar-es-Salaam, EC Tanzania. Descriptive notes. Head-body ¢. 42 mm, tail ¢. 33 mm, ear c.12-5 mm, hindfoot 6 mm, forearm 33-5 mm (type specimen). Pelage color of the Dar-es-Salaam Pipistrelle is uncertain because color of type specimen was lost before the species was described because it was preserved in “spirits.” Individual hairs are known to be ... : 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 777, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6397752 ...