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 --> FAMILY Vespertilionidae
 --> SUBFAMILY Vespertilioninae
 --> TRIBE Pipistrellini
 --> GENUS Pipistrellus
 --> SUBGENUS Pipistrellus
				
 SPECIES Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) deserti
 
| Author: | Thomas, 1902. |  | Citation: | Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1902(II): 4. |  | Common Name: | Desert Pipistrelle |  | Type Locality: | Libya, Fezzan, Murzuk. |  | Distribution: | Egypt, N Sudan, Libya, Algeria, Burkina Faso, Ghana. |  | Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc) as P. aegyptius. |  | Comments: | Subgenus Pipistrellus. Qumsiyeh (1985) proposed use of aegyptius for this species and many subsequent authors followed this usage, but see Kock (1999b), who showed aegyptius to be a nomen dubium. Reviewed by Horácek et al. (2000). |  |  |  | 
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