Pipistrellus adamsi Kitchener, Caputi & B. Jones 1986 ...

• 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 adamsi; Pipistrellus pipistrellus; Lynx
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6578097; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6578097

48. Forest Pipistrelle Pipistrellus adamsi French: Pipistrelle d'Adams / German: Cape-York-Zwergfledermaus / Spanish: Pipistrela de Adams Other common names: Adams's Pipistrelle, Cape York Pipistrelle Taxonomy. Kitchener, Caputi & B. Jones, 1986, “ 40 km E Archer River Crossing, Cape York, Queensland (13°27’S, 143°18°E),” Australia. Although similar to one another, P. adams: and P. westralis are considered distinct species based on morphological and genetic data. Monotypic. Distribution. Restricted to N Australia, including Top End region (including Melville and Bathurst Is) in Northern Territory and Cape York (including Prince ofWales I) in Queensland; there are several isolated records from E Queensland on Atherton Tableland, at Cape Hillsborough, and near Blackwater. Descriptive notes. Head-body 35-44 mm, tail 26-35 mm, ear 8-5-12 mm, forearm 29-6-32-7 mm; weight 3-6-2 g. Like the Northern Pipistrelle (P. westralis), the Forest Pipistrelle is very small and one of the smallest bats in Australia. ... : 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 783, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6397752 ...