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SPECIES Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) hesperus

Author:H. Allen, 1864.
Citation:Smithson. Misc. Coll., 7: 43.
Common Name:Western Pipistrelle
Type Locality:USA, California, Imperial Co., Old Fort Yuma.
Distribution:Washington to SW Oklahoma (USA), and Baja California, south to Hidalgo and Guerrero (Mexico).
Status:IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:Subgenus Pipistrellus. See Hall (1981). Placed in Hypsugo by Koopman (1993), but here retained in Pipistrellus pending further study.
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SUBSPECIES hesperus

SUBSPECIES maximus

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