Pipistrellus rusticus

• 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 rusticus; Pipistrellus pipistrellus
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/6567417; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6567417

26. Rusty Pipistrelle Pipistrellus rusticus French: Pipistrelle rouille / German: Rostfarbene Zwergfledermaus / Spanish: Pipistrela campestre Other common names: Rustic Pipistrelle, Rusty Bat, Rusty Pipistrelle Bat Taxonomy. Scotophilus rusticus Tomes, 1861, “Damaraland.” Restricted by O. Thomas in 1926 to Olifants Vlei, Damaraland, Namibia. Pipistrellus rusticus seems to be sister to P. hesperidus based on genetic data and chromosomal similarities. Two subspecies recognized. Subspecies and Distribution. P.r.rusticusTomes,1861—scatteredrecordsfromWAfricafromSenegaltoEEthiopiaalongwithNUgandaandWCKenya. P. r. marrensis Thomas & Hinton, 1923 — S Africa in SE Angola, Zambia, NE Namibia, N Botswana, Zimbabwe, and NE South Africa; perhaps also Malawi, although specimens from that region need to be reexamined and are not mapped here. There is also a record from E Tanzania, although its subspecific identity is uncertain. Descriptive notes. Head-body 44-46 mm, tail 19-32 mm, ear 7-7-12 mm, hindfoot 4-6 mm, forearm 24-31-2 mm; weight 3-4-5-1 g. The Rusty Pipistrelle is vibrantly colored. Subspecies marrensis is slightly smaller than nominate rusticus and has narrower rostrum. Pelage is soft and dense. Dorsum varies considerably between reddish brown, orangish brown, grayish orange, grayish brown, or medium brown, sometimes within same locality. Venter also varies between orange, yellowish orange, creamy orange, yellow, or cream, being darkest under chin and palest in pelvic region. Naked face is pale or medium brown; triangular ears are pale to medium reddish brown, with rounded tips. Tragusis ¢.50% the length of ear and widest near mid-height;it has straight anterior margin, smoothly convex posterior margin, rounded tips, and deep notch above basal lobe. Wing membrane varies between pale brown, dark brown, or reddish black and occasionally has narrow white hind border. Uropatagium is medium brown or reddish brown, occasionally with cream border, and is always paler than wing membrane. Baculum is curved upward near ...