Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) rusticus Tomes 1861

• Main Authors: Wilson, Don E., Reeder, DeeAnn
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
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• Published: The Johns Hopkins University Press 2005
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Chiroptera; Vespertilionidae; Pipistrellus; Pipistrellus rusticus; Pipistrellus pipistrellus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11327634; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/8EE4D3D21EF1B32E2496BBE729C0D87C

Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) rusticus Tomes 1861 Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) rusticus Tomes 1861, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1861: 35. Type Locality: Namibia, Damaraland, Olifants Vlei. Vernacular Names: Rusty Pipistrelle. Subspecies:: Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) rusticus subsp. rusticus Tomes 1861 Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) rusticus subsp. marrensis Thomas and Hinton 1923 Distribution: Senegal, Gambia, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Nigeria, Central African Republic, and Ethiopia, south to Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, South Africa. A specimen from Liberia has been tentatively reidentified as kuhlii (see Koopman et al., 1995). Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Subgenus Pipistrellus . Includes marrensis see Koopman (1975). Geographic range reviewed by Kock et al. (2002). Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Vespertilionidae, pp. 451-529 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 478, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519