Pipistrellus papuanus

• 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 papuanus; Pipistrellus pipistrellus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6486581; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/4C3D87E8FFE36A5CFF449CE81442BD54

44. Lesser Papuan Pipistrelle Pipistrellus papuanus French: Pipistrelle papoue / German: Kleine Papua-Zwergfledermaus / Spanish: Pipistrela pequena de Papua Other common names: Papuan Pipistrelle Taxonomy. Vesperugo papuanus Peters & Doria, 1881, “Salawati [Island],” West Papua, Indonesia. Pipistrellus papuanus has been included under P. tenuis but is considered a distinct species based on morphology. Monotypic. Distribution. E New Guinea, Seram, Ambon, Batanta, Salawati, Biak-Supiori, Dolak, New Ireland, and New Britain Is as well as Kai, Aru, Fergusson, and Samarai Is. Descriptive notes. Head-body 33.-9-50 mm, tail 22-35 mm, ear 7-5-1383 mm, hindfoot 4-5-9 mm, forearm 27-32-2 mm; weight 3-9-5-8 g. Dorsal pelage of the Lesser Papuan Pipistrelle is dark brown; ventral pelage is pale brown, with some whitish hairs intermixed. Skin on face, ears, arms, and wing membranes are medium brown. Uropatagium is lightly furred, with cinnamon brown hair along venation; forearm is lightly furred under humerus. Ears are narrow and subtriangular, with rounded tips; basal lobe of tragus is not as developed as in the Forest Pipistrelle (P. adamst), but the rest of tragus is like that of latter species. Uropatagium stretches nearly to end of tail (only extreme tip is free), and postcalcarial lobe is elongated. Glans penis is similar to that of the Forest Pipistrelle but with shorter and broader distal projecting lobe and very reduced dorsal distal fold. Baculum is short, with broad base, relatively broad uncurved shaft, and bifurcated tip (for last 10-20% of baculum). Skull is small, fragile, flat, and generally similar to the Northern Pipistrelle (P. westralis) in most aspects; I” is usually less than the height of posterior cusp of I* and does not extrude from tooth row; P* is less than one-half the height of P* and slightly extrudes from tooth row; and lower molars are nyctalodont. Habitat. Generally associated with towns, villages, and gardens (particularly in lowland areas) and undisturbed lowland forests from sea level ...