Pipistrellus rueppellii
Creators
- 1. University of Antwerp, Department of Biology, Functional Morphology, Campus Drie Eiken, Universiteitsplein, 1, B- 2610 Antwerpen (Wilrijk), Belgium. & AfricanBats NPC, 357 Botha Ave, Kloofsig, 0157, Republic of South Africa.
- 2. Faculté des Sciences, Université de Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo. & Faculté des Sciences, Université de Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- 3. Faculté des Sciences, Université de Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- 4. AfricanBats NPC, 357 Botha Ave, Kloofsig, 0157, Republic of South Africa. & Centre for Wildlife Management, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X 20 Hatfield, Pretoria 0028, Republic of South Africa.
- 5. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences - OD Taxonomy and Phylogeny, Vautierstraat 29, 1000 Brussels, Belgium. & University of Antwerp, Department of Biology, Evolutionary Ecology, Campus Drie Eiken, Universiteitsplein 1, B- 2610 Antwerpen (Wilrijk), Belgium.
Description
Pipistrellus rueppellii (Fischer, 1826)
Fig. 47 C–D
Vespertilio Rüppelii J.B. Fischer, 1826: 109.
* Pipistrellus (Scotozous) rüppelli (Fischer, 1826).
* Pipistrellus (Scotozous) rüppelli fuscipes (Thomas, 1913): 315.
Happold (2013 ai: 648) mentions that fuscipes is the subspecies of P. rueppellii occurring from Ethiopia to northern Angola, which would cover the CRB area. Hayman et al. (1966: 55, map 77) report the species from the northeastern part of the DRC (provinces Bas-Uélé, Tshopo, Ituri and Nord-Kivu), as well as from the southeast (Tanganyika and Haut-Katanga Provinces) and southwest parts (Kongo Central, Kasaï and Mai-Ndombe Provinces). The two additional records (RMCA 12247 from Mongbwalu and RMCA 993 from Lukula) were probably overlooked by Hayman et al. (1966), as these specimens were present in the Tervuren collection at the time.
Happold’s (2013 ai: 648) distribution map essentially shows the species following the River Nile southwards, along the great lakes to northern Zimbabwe and central Mozambique, speading in the southern part where it should occur over most of Zambia. Additionally, the species occurs in northern DRC, along the lower Congo River and up the Kasaï River; along the Moroccan-Algerian border crossing into the latter country; and along the Senegalese-Mauritanian border. Furthermore, there are some individual records from Egypt, Ethiopia, eastern Tanzania, Botswana, RSA, Angola, Gabon, Central African Republic, Chad, Nigeria, Libya, Tunisia and Morocco. The species seems to be lacking from West Africa, although climatic data used for the SDM map suggest that it might occur in that part of the continent.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Vespertilionidae
- Genus
- Pipistrellus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Fischer
- Species
- rueppellii
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Pipistrellus rueppellii (Fischer, 1826) sec. Cakenberghe, Tungaluna, Akawa, Seamark & Verheyen, 2017
References
- Happold M. & Happold D. 2013. Mammals of Africa Volume IV. Hedgehogs, Shrews and Bats. Bloomsbury, London.
- Hayman R. W., Misonne X. & Verheyen W. N. 1966. The bats of the Congo and of Rwanda and Burundi. Annalen van het Koninklijk Museum voor Midden Afrika, Zoologische Wetenschappen, Ser. 8, 154: 1 - 105.
- Bernard R. T. F. & Happold M. 2013 a. Rhinolophus clivosus Geoffroy's Horseshoe Bat (Cretzschmar's Horseshoe Bat). In: Happold M. & Happold D. (eds) Mammals of Africa Volume IV. Hedgehogs, Shrews and Bats: 316 - 318. Bloomsbury Publishing, London.