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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER CHIROPTERA
--> FAMILY Vespertilionidae
--> SUBFAMILY Vespertilioninae
--> TRIBE Pipistrellini
--> GENUS Pipistrellus
--> SUBGENUS Pipistrellus
SPECIES Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) rueppellii
| Author: | J. Fischer, 1829. | | Citation: | Synopsis Mamm.: 109. | | Common Name: | Rüppell's Pipistrelle | | Type Locality: | Sudan, Northern Province, Dongola. | | Distribution: | Mauritania, Senegal, Algeria, Israel, Egypt, and Iraq, south to Botswana and NE South Africa; Zanzibar. | | Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Subgenus Pipistrellus. Reviewed in part by Harrison and Bates (1991). See Taylor (2000a) for distribution map. Different authors have misspelled this name in a variety of ways, dropping the first "e", second "p", second "l", or second "i". The original, correct spelling is "reuppellii". |
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