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--> ORDER CHIROPTERA
--> FAMILY Vespertilionidae
--> SUBFAMILY Vespertilioninae
--> TRIBE Pipistrellini
--> GENUS Pipistrellus
--> SUBGENUS Pipistrellus
SPECIES Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) tenuis
Author: | Temminck, 1840. | Citation: | Monogr. Mamm., 2: 229. | Common Name: | Least Pipistrelle | Type Locality: | Indonesia, Sumatra. | Distribution: | Afghanistan to the Moluccas; S China, Laos, Vietnam; Cocos Keeling Isl and Christmas Isl (Indian Ocean). | Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Subgenus Pipistrellus. Does not include adamsi, angulatus, collinus, orientalis, papuanus, wattsi, or westralis; see Kitchener et al. (1986), but also see Koopman (1984c, 1994) and Corbet and Hill (1992). See also Koopman (1973) and McKean and Price (1978) for discussion of synonyms. Reviewed in part by Bates and Harrison (1997) and Hendrichsen et al. (2001b). This complex may include more than one species. |
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