Pipistrellus javanicus

• 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 javanicus; Sinha; Pipistrellus pipistrellus
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/6578091; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6578091

36. Javan Pipistrelle Pipistrellus javanicus French: Pipistrelle de Java / German: Java-Zwergfledermaus / Spanish: Pipistrela de Java Other common names: Java Pipistrelle Taxonomy. Scotophilus javanicus J. E. Gray, 1838, Java, Indonesia. Pipustrellus javanicus has included P. abramus as a subspecies, but they are now regarded as distinct species based on morphology. Piprstrellus javanicus was previously known as P. tralatitius, which is regarded as a nomen dubium (dubious name). Populations in the Philippines might represent two or more cryptic species, indicated by clear separation between large and small variants across the islands. There might be a number of species currently recognized under P. javanicus throughoutits distribution. Subspecies camortae, babu, and peguensis have been considered distinct species, but they are considered subspecies of P.javanicus here based on morphology. Specimens previously attributed to P. javanicus from Afghanistan are now considered to have been misidentified P. coromandra. Five subspecies recognized. Subspecies and Distribution. P.j.javanicusJ.E.Gray,1838—PeninsularMalaysia,Singapore,Sumatra,Bangka,Borneo,Java,Sulawesi,Flores,Timor,andKarakelong;possiblyalsototheAruIs. P.j.babuThomas,1915—NPakistan(KhyberPakhtunkhwaandPunjab),NIndia(HimachalPradesh,Uttarakhand,MadhyaPradesh,Maharashtra,Sikkim,WestBengal,Assam,Meghalaya,Nagaland,andManipur),extremeSWCinna(Tibet[=Xizang]),Nepal,Bhutan,andBangladesh. P.j.camortaeG.S.Miller,1902—AndamanandNicobarIs. P.j.meyeniWaterhouse,1845—Philippines(Luzon,Mindoro,Sibuyan,Negros,Panay,Camiguin,Mindanao,Palawan,andReinardIs). P. j. peguensis Sinha, 1969 — Myanmar, SC China (Yunnan), Thailand, Laos, Vietnam (including Cat Ba and Cu Lao Cham Is), and Cambodia. Descriptive notes. Head-body 40-55 mm, tail 26-40 mm, ear 5-15 mm, hindfoot 3-10 mm, forearm 29-3-37 mm; weight 4-1-8 g. Dorsal pelage of the Javan Pipistrelle ranges from chestnut to dark brown, with pale brown hairs frosted throughout (might be sexually dimorphic with males dark or ...