Taxonomy Profile: Pipistrellus pygmaeus (Leach 1825)

Pipistrellus pygmaeus: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Vespertilio pygmaeus
Leach 1825
Common Name(s):
Soprano Pipistrelle []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Pipistrellus pygmaeus: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Chiroptera
bats |
morcego |
quiróptero |
Suborder : Yangochiroptera
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Vespertilionidae
vespertilionid bats |
vesper bats |
evening bats |
Subfamily : Vespertilioninae
Tribe : Pipistrellini
pipistrelles |
Genus : Pipistrellus
pipistrelles |
Species : Pipistrellus pygmaeus
Soprano Pipistrelle |
Pipistrellus pygmaeus Direct Children(s):
Pipistrellus pygmaeus: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Simmons, Nancy B. / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Order Chiroptera
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2
Page(s):
312-529
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Pipistrellus pygmaeus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Benda, Petr, Kaveh Faizolâhi, Michal Andreas, Ján Obuch, Antonín Reiter, Martin Sevcik, et al.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2012-12-27 / 2012-12-27
Article/Chapter Title:
Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. Part 10. Bat fauna of Iran
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae, vol. 76
Page(s):
163-582
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/1211-376X
Notes:
Reference for:
Pipistrellus pygmaeus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, D. E., and R. A. Mittermeier, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2019-01-01 / 2019-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Handbook of the Mammals of the World. 9. Bats
Page(s):
1008
Publisher:
Lynx Edicions
Publication Place:
Barcelona, Spain
ISBN/ISSN:
978-84-16728190/
Notes:
Reference for:
Pipistrellus pygmaeus
Pipistrellus pygmaeus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Pipistrellus pygmaeus: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN 2003 - not evaluated; not considered in IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001)
Comment:
Comments: Subgenus Pipistrellus. Previously confused with pipistrellus, but clearly distinct; see Jones and van Parijs (1993), Barratt et al. (1995, 1997), Jones and Barratt (1999), Häussler et al. (2000), Russo and Jones (2000), Ziegler et al. (2001), and Sendor et al. (2002). Conspecific with mediterraneus, see Jones and Barratt (1999) and Häussler et al. (2000). von Helversen et al. (2000) supported use of the name mediterraneus rather than pygmaeus for this species, but this was rejected by the I...