Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vespertilionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Subordo: Cynodontia
Infraordo: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Ordo: Chiroptera
Subordo: Microchiroptera
Superfamilia: Vespertilionoidea

Familia: Vespertilionidae
Subfamilia: Vespertilioninae
Tribus: Pipistrellini
Genus: Pipistrellus
Species: Pipistrellus hesperidus
Subspecies: P. h. fuscatus – P. h. hesperidus – P. h. subtilis

Name

  • Pipistrellus hesperidus (Temminck, 1840)

Lectotype: SMF 12381, adult ♂, skin and skull. [designated by Kock (2001)]

Type locality: “Les bords de la Mer rouge vers les côtés d'Abyssinie.”

Combinations

  • Vespertilio hesperida Temminck, 1840: 211 [original combination]
  • Pipistrellus hesperidus: Kock, 2001: 277 [name combination]

Synonyms

  • Vespertilio platycephalus Temminck in Smuts, 1832: 107 [nomen dubium]

Type locality: “Urbem Capensem [=Cape Town]”, South Africa.

References

Primary references

  • Smuts, J.C. 1832. Enumerationem Mammalium Capensium, Dissertatio Zoologica Inauguralis. J. C. Cyfveer: Leidae. 105 pp. BHL
  • Temminck, C.J.  1835–1841. Monographies de Mammalogie, ou description de quelques genres de Mammifères, dont les espèces ont été observées dans les différens musées de l'Europe. Tome Second. E. d'Ocagne et A. Bertrand: Paris; C.C. van der Hock: Leiden. 392 pp., pls. XXVI–LXX. GoogleBooks. Reference page. 
  • Kock, D. 2001. Identity of the African Vespertilio hesperida Temminck 1840 (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae). Senckenbergiana biologica 81(1–2): 277–283.

Vernacular names

English: Dusky Pipistrelle
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