Common Names
Common Names in English:
Common Pipistrelle
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,218 meters (0 to 10,558 feet).[1]
Biome: Terrestrial
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:1.4Forest - Temperate
3.5Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
3.8Shrubland - Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation
14.5Artificial/Terrestrial - Urban Areas
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Mammals
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible Et Al., 1995) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) Mckenna, in Stucky & Mckenna, in Benton, Ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Archonta
()
- (Gregory, 1910) Mckenna, 1975
- Order:
Chiroptera
()
- Blumenbach, 1779
- Bats
- Suborder:
Microchiroptera
()
- Dobson, 1875
- Infraorder:
Yangochiroptera
()
- Koopman, 1984
- Superfamily:
Vespertilionoidea
()
- (Gray, 1821) Gill, 1872
- Family:
Vespertilionidae
()
- Gray, 1821
- Genus:
Pipistrellus
()
- Specific name:
pipistrellus
- (Schreber, 1774)
- Scientific name: - Pipistrellus pipistrellus (Schreber, 1774)
- Specific name:
pipistrellus
- (Schreber, 1774)
- Genus:
Pipistrellus
(
- Family:
Vespertilionidae
(
- Superfamily:
Vespertilionoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Yangochiroptera
(
- Suborder:
Microchiroptera
(
- Order:
Chiroptera
(
- Grandorder:
Archonta
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 06-Aug-2004
Similar Species
Members of the genus Pipistrellus
There are approximately 109 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
P. (Neoromicia) · P. abramus · P. adamsi (Adams's Pipistrelle) · P. aegyptius (Egyptian Pipistrelle) · P. aero (Mount Gargues Pipistrelle) · P. affinis (Chocolate Pipistrelle) · P. africanus · P. aladdin · P. anchietae · P. anchietai (Anchieta's Pipistrelle) · P. angulatus (Angulate Pipistrelle) · P. anthonyi (Anthony's Pipistrelle) · P. arabicus (Arabian Pipistrelle) · P. ariel (Desert Pipistrelle) · P. austenianus · P. babu (Himalayan Pipistrelle) · P. bodenheimeri (Bodenheimer's Pipistrelle) · P. cadornae (Cadorna's Pipistrelle) · P. camortae · P. ceylonicus (Kelaart's Pipistrelle) · P. ceylonicus chrysothrix · P. ceylonicus indicus · P. circumdatus (Black Gilded Pipistrelle) · P. collinus (Greater Papuan Pipistrelle) · P. coreensis · P. coromandra (Indian Pipistrelle) · P. coromandra tramatus · P. crassulus (Broad-Headed Pipistrelle) · P. cuprosus (Coppery Pipistrelle) · P. deserti (Egyptian Pipistrelle) · P. dormeri (Dormer's Pipistrelle) · P. dormeri dormeri · P. eisentrauti (Eisentraut's Pipistrelle) · P. endoi (Endo's Pipistrelle) · P. helios · P. hesperus (Western Pipistrelle) · P. hesperus apus · P. hesperus australis · P. hesperus hesperus (Western Pipistrelle) · P. hesperus maximus · P. hesperus merriami · P. imbricatus (Brown Pipistrelle) · P. inexspectatus (Aellen's Pipistrelle) · P. javanicus (Javan Pipistrelle) · P. javanicus abramus · P. javanicus meyeni · P. joffrei (Joffre's Pipistrelle) · P. kitcheneri (Red-Brown Pipistrelle) · P. kuhli · P. kuhlii (Kuhl's Pipistrelle) · P. kuhlii fuscatus · P. kuhlii ikhwanius · P. kuhlii kuhlii (Kuhl's Pipistrelle) · P. kuhli kuhli · P. lophurus (Burma Pipistrelle) · P. mackenziei (Mackenzie's False Pipistelle) · P. macrotis (Big-Eared Pipistrelle) · P. maderensis (Madeira Pipistrelle) · P. marginatus · P. mimus (Indian Pygmy Pipistrelle) · P. mimus glaucillus · P. mimus mimus · P. minahassae (Minahassa Pipistrelle) · P. mordax (Pungent Pipistrelle) · P. murrayi · P. musciculus (Mouselike Pipistrelle) · P. nanulus (Tiny Pipistrelle) · P. nanus (Banana Pipistrelle) · P. nanus australis · P. nanus fouriei · P. nathusii (Nathusius's Pipistrelle) · P. papuanus (Lesser Papuan Pipistrelle) · P. paterculus (Mount Popa Pipistrelle) · P. peguensis (Pegu Pipistrelle) · P. permixtus (Dar-Es-Salaam Pipistrelle) · P. petersi (Peters's Pipistrelle) · P. pipistrellus (Common Pipistrelle) · P. pipistrellus aladdin · P. pipistrellus mediterraneus · P. pipistrellus pipistrellus · P. pipstrellus · P. pulveratus (Chinese Pipistrelle) · P. pygmaeus · P. regulus · P. ridleyi · P. rueppelli (Rüppel's Pipistrelle) · P. rueppellii · P. rusticus (Rusty Pipistrelle) · P. savii (Savi's Pipistrelle) · P. savii coreensis · P. savii savii · P. savii velox · P. societatis (Social Pipistrelle) · P. stampflii · P. stenopterus (Narrow-Winged Pipistrelle) · P. sturdeei (Sturdee's Pipistrelle) · P. subflavus (Eastern Pipistrelle) · P. subflavus floridanus · P. subflavus obscurus · P. subflavus subflavus (Eastern Pipistrelle)
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Further Reading
- A study of the mammals of Iran: resulting from the Street Expedition of 1962-63 [by] Douglas M. Lay. [Chicago]Field Museum of Natural History, 1967. ENG url p. 100, p. 142, p. 233, p. 76.
- Annals of Scottish natural history. Edinburgh, D. Douglas. ENG url p. 47.
- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Bats of Portugal: zoogeography and systematics / by Jorge M. Palmeirim. Lawrence, Kan.: University of Kansas. Museum of Natural History, 1990. ENG url p. 28, p. 29, p. 30, p. 31, p. 32, p. 33, p. 42, p. 44, p. 52.
- Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural. Madrid: Estab. tip. de Fortenet, 1901-1937. SPA url p. 381.
- British mammals; an attempt to describe and illustrate the mammalian fauna of the British islands from the commencement of the Pleistocene period down to the present day, by Sir Harry Johnston. London, Hutchinson, 1903. ENG url p. 90.
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) ENG url p. 10, p. 15, p. 271, p. 285, p. 35.
- Catalogue of the mammals of Western Europe (Europe exclusive of Russia) in the collection of the British museum, by Gerrit S. Miller. London, Printed by order of the Trustees, 1912. ENG url p. 204, p. 205, p. 215, p. 216, p. 217, p. 220, p. 221.
- Catalogue of the mammals of western Europe (Europe exclusive of Russia) in the collection of the British Museum / by Gerrit S. Miller. London: BMNH, 1912. ENG url p. 204, p. 213, p. 214, p. 215, p. 216, p. 221.
- Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian mammals 1758 to 1946 / by J.R. Ellerman and T.C.S. Morrison-Scott. London: BM(NH), 1966. ENG url p. 163, p. 163, p. 164.
- Fauna and flora of Haileybury. Hartford, Stephen Austin, 1902. ENG url p. 1.
- Faune des mammifs d'Europe. Berlin, R. Friedler, 1910. FRE url p. 14, p. 15, p. 17.
- General function of the gall bladder from the evolutionary standpoint, by Frank W. Gorham and Andrew Conway Ivy. Chicago, 1938. ENG url p. 190.
- Jahrbücher des Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde. Wiesbaden: J.F. Bergmann, GER url p. 61.
- Magyarorszdenevinek monographi / irta Mly Lajos. Budapest: V. Hornyky, 1900. HUN url p. 262, p. 269, p. 271, p. 282, p. 35, p. 353, p. 355, p. 356, p. 361, p. 362, p. 59, p. 60, p. 9.
- Naturwissenschaftliche Wochenschrift. Jena [etc.]G. Fischer [etc.] GER url p. 493.
- Novitates Zoologicae. London. url p. 260.
- Occasional papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas. Lawrence, Kansas: The University, 1971-1994. ENG url p. 23, p. 33.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] ENG url p. 17, p. 461.
- Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences. Washington, Washington Academy of Sciences. ENG url p. 134, p. 135, p. 648.
- Siphonaptera collected during the 1965 Street Expedition to Afghanistan [by] Robert E. Lewis. [Chicago]Field Museum of Natural History, 1973. ENG url p. 60.
- The Annals of Scottish natural history. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1892-1911. ENG url p. 61.
- The Entomologist's monthly magazine. Oxford [etc.]Entomologist's Monthly Magazine Ltd. [etc.] ENG url p. 108, p. 110.
- The bats of Iran: systematics, distribution, ecology / Anthony F. DeBlase. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1980. ENG url p. 142, p. 143, p. 145, p. 212, p. 217, p. 220, p. 257, p. 259, p. 265, p. 289, p. 290, p. 292, p. 304, p. 307, p. 313, p. 314, p. 319, p. 330, p. 339, p. v, p. x, p. xiv, p. xv, p. xvii.
- The mammalian egg. Springfield, Ill., Thomas[1961] ENG url p. 182.
- The vertebrate eye and its adaptive radiation [by] Gordon Lynn Walls. [Bloomfield Hills, Mich., Cranbrook Institute of Science, 1942] ENG url p. 684.
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xviii + 1207. ISBN: 1-56098-217-9.
- Zoologische Jahrbücher. Jena [Germany]: G. Fischer, GER url p. 194.
Notes
Contributors
- Aulagnier, S. & Benda, P. (GMA Africa Workshop) 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 12, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 22 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 12, 2007:
- Mammal Research Institute PAS, Mammal Collection
- Museum of Texas Tech University
- , Mammal specimens
- Royal Ontario Museum, Mammal specimens
- UK National Biodiversity Network, BATS & The Millennium Link - Bat species distribution in Central Belt of Scotland
- UK National Biodiversity Network, Biological Records Centre - Mammal records from Britain from the Atlas of Mammals
- , with some subsequent records
- UK National Biodiversity Network, Natural England - Batsites inventory for Britain
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2477883
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-632123
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13808454
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 632123
- IUCN ID: 17317
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 8642
Footnotes
- Mean = 212.490 meters (697.146 feet), Standard Deviation = 364.620 based on 6,604 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
