Pipistrellus hesperidus ...

• 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 hesperidus; Pipistrellus pipistrellus; Lynx
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6578078; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6578078

25. Dusky Pipistrelle Pipistrellus hesperidus French: Pipistrelle hespéride / German: Abendstern-Zwergfledermaus / Spanish: Pipistrela africana Other common names: African Pipistrelle Taxonomy. Vespertilio hesperida [sic] Temminck, 1840, “Les bords de la Mer rouge vers les cotés d’Abyssinie [= the shores of the Red Sea toward the coast of Ethiopia].” Pipistrellus hesperidus has generally been considered a synonym of P. kuhliz; however, it is now recognized as a distinct species because of its morphological and genetic distinctions. Pipistrellus hesperidus seems to be sister to P. rusticus based on limited genetic data and chromosomal similarities. Exact distributional limits between P. /esperidus and P. kuhlii are uncertain. Canary Islands populations might represent either species and are tentatively included under P. hesperidus here. There is considerable variation in morphology across the current distribution of P. hesperidus. Subspecies recognized here almost certainly represent distinct species based on ... : 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 774-775, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6397752 ...