Pipistrellus rusticus ...

• 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 rusticus; Pipistrellus pipistrellus; Lynx
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6567416; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6567416

26. Rusty Pipistrelle Pipistrellus rusticus French: Pipistrelle rouille / German: Rostfarbene Zwergfledermaus / Spanish: Pipistrela campestre Other common names: Rustic Pipistrelle, Rusty Bat, Rusty Pipistrelle Bat Taxonomy. Scotophilus rusticus Tomes, 1861, “Damaraland.” Restricted by O. Thomas in 1926 to Olifants Vlei, Damaraland, Namibia. Pipistrellus rusticus seems to be sister to P. hesperidus based on genetic data and chromosomal similarities. Two subspecies recognized. Subspecies and Distribution. P.r.rusticusTomes,1861—scatteredrecordsfromWAfricafromSenegaltoEEthiopiaalongwithNUgandaandWCKenya. P. r. marrensis Thomas & Hinton, 1923 — S Africa in SE Angola, Zambia, NE Namibia, N Botswana, Zimbabwe, and NE South Africa; perhaps also Malawi, although specimens from that region need to be reexamined and are not mapped here. There is also a record from E Tanzania, although its subspecific identity is uncertain. Descriptive notes. Head-body 44-46 mm, tail 19-32 mm, ear 7-7-12 mm, hindfoot 4-6 mm, ... : 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 pages 775-776, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6397752 ...