Pipistrellus tenuis

• Main Authors: Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Lynx Edicions 2019
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Chiroptera; Vespertilionidae; Pipistrellus; Pipistrellus tenuis; Indian; Bali; Pipistrellus pipistrellus
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/6403405; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6403405

39. Least Pipistrelle Pipistrellus tenuis French: Pipistrelle gréle / German: Winzige Zwergfledermaus / Spanish: Pipistrela diminuta Other common names: Indian Pygmy Bat Taxonomy. Vespertilio tenuis Temminck, 1840, Sumatra, Indonesia. Pipustrellus tenuis included P. adamsi, P. angulatus, P. collinus, P. papuanus, P. watts, and P. westralis, but all are recognized as distinct species based on morphology. Subspecies mimus was originally described as a distinct species but has generally been included under P. tenuis, although recent authors have chosen to continue to recognize mimus as a distinct species. As currently recognized, P. tenuis might represent a species complex, but additional research is needed. Recently extinct P. murray: has been included as a subspecies of P. tenuis but is recognized as a separate species based on morphology. Six subspecies recognized. Subspecies and Distribution. P.t.tenuisTemminck,1840—Sumatra. P.t.mimusWroughton,1899—NWAfghanistan(NangarharProvince),Pakistan(KhyberPakhtunkhwa,Punjab,andSind),India,W&SSriLanka,Nepal,Bhutan,Bangladesh,andNMyanmar. P.t.nitidusTomes,1859—Borneo(includingLabuanI),thePhilippines,Sulawesi,SeramI,AmbonI,andTimorI. P.t.portensisJ.A.Allen,1906—SChina(includingHainanI),Myanmar,Thailand,Laos,Vietnam,Cambodia,andPeninsularMalaysia(includingPenangI). P.t.sewelanusOey,1960—Java,Bali,andLombokIs. P. t. subulidens G. S. Miller, 1901 — Serasan I in the Natuna Is. Descriptive notes. Head-body 33-45 mm, tail 20-35 mm, ear 5-11 mm, hindfoot 3-7 mm, forearm 25-31 mm; weight 2:9-4-2 g. Muzzle ofthe Least Pipistrelle is broad, and smaller than that of the Indian Pipistrelle (P. coromandra) but otherwise nearly identical. Pelage is fine, dense, and silky. Dorsum is medium to dark brown; venter is paler (hairs buffy with dark brown bases). Ears, muzzle, and membranes are dark brown. Ears are narrow and broadly rounded; tragus is more or less same thickness throughout and narrow, with broadly rounded tip. Uropatagium stretches from calcar to nearly tail tip (only very ...