Pipistrellus paterculus Thomas 1915

• 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 paterculus; Popa; Pipistrellus pipistrellus
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/6567698; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6567698

40. Mount Popa Pipistrelle Pipistrellus paterculus French: Pipistrelle du Popa / German: Mount-Popa-Zwergfledermaus / Spanish: Pipistrela de Popa Other common names: Paternal Pipistrelle Taxonomy. Pipistrellus paterculus Thomas, 1915, “Upper Burma [= Myanmar]. Mt. Popa.” Pipistrellus paterculus has been included as a subspecies or synonym of P. javanicus but is generally recognized as a distinct species based on morphological and genetic data. Two subspecies recognized. Subspecies and Distribution. P.p.paterculusThomas,1915—N&NEIndia(JammuandKashmir,Bihar,Assam,Nagaland,andManipur),Myanmar,ELaos,Vietnam,andN&SWCambodia;alsoreportedfromNWThailandbutrequiresconfirmation. P. p. yunnanensis Wang Yingxiang, 1982 — SW China (Yunnan). Descriptive notes. Head-body 42-48 mm, tail 31-38 mm, ear 10-13 mm, hindfoot 6-7 mm, forearm 26-34 mm; weight 4:3-5-7 g. The Mount Popa Pipistrelle is very similar to the Javan Pipistrelle (P. javanicus) and the Japanese Pipistrelle (P. abramus), distinguished largely by general color, penial structure, and canine shape. Pelage of the Mount Popa Pipistrelle is long, thick, and silky. Dorsum is dark brown (nearly black), with golden brown (or reddish) tipped hairs; venter is paler, with black-based and buffy brown tipped hairs. Ears, face, and membranes are dark brown. Uropatagium stretches from calcar to nearly tail tip (only very tip is free). Baculum is characteristically very large and long (exceeding 9 mm), with long narrow shaft and strongly bifurcated tip that deflects ventrally; it is similar than that of the Japanese Pipistrelle but straighter and thicker. Skull has robust braincase; zygomatic arches are robust, with small dorsal process on each jugal bone; I? is bicuspid, and I’ is unicuspid and exceeds height of secondary cusp of I*; C' lacks secondary cusp unlike other Asiatic Pipustrellus; P? is small and slightly displaced; and lower molars are nyctalodont. Habitat. Primary and secondary forests in lowland and montane regions, limestone karst regions, and disturbed ...