Pipistrellus abramus
Description
Pipistrellus abramus (Temminck, 1838) —Japanese Pipistrelle
Ƒespertilio abramus Temminck, 1838 p.232; Type locality- Nagasaki, Japan.
Ƒ. akokomuli Temminck, 1838 p.57: Type locality-Nagasaki, Japan.
Pipistrellus javanicus: Corbet, 1978 p.53; Han, 1994 p.45; Won & Smith, 1999 p.14.
P. abramus: Won, 1968 p.110; Yoon, 1992 p.43; Son, 2001 p.106; Yoon, 2010 p.48; Jo et al., 2012 p.251.
P. abramus abramus: Won, 1958 p.455; Won, 1967 p.319.
Range: The distribution of P. abramus extends throughout Korea, including Jeju Island (Won & Smith 1999; Jo et al. 2012; Fig. 37).
Remarks: The species was formerly classified as a subspecies of P. javanicus (Won & Smith 1999) but was elevated to the species, P. abramus (Simmons 2005).
Conservation status: Japanese pipistrelles were once common in Korea, but populations substantially decreased since concrete houses became standard. The governments of Jeollanam Province and Gyeonggi Province designated this species as protected.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Vespertilionidae
- Genus
- Pipistrellus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Temminck
- Species
- abramus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Pipistrellus abramus (Temminck, 1838) sec. Jo, Baccus & Koprowski, 2018
References
- Temminck, C. J. (1838) Monographies de Mammalogie ou Descrition de Quelgues Genres de Mamiferes, Don't les especes ont ete observes dans les deferens musees de l'europe, Tome Second. C. C. Vander Hoek, Leiden, 511 pp. [in French]
- Corbet, G. B. (1978) The mammals of the Palaearctic region: a taxonomic review. British Museum (Natural History), London, 314 pp.
- Han, S. H. (1994) The checklist of Mammals in North Korea. Nature Conservation, 86, 44 - 50. [in Korean]
- Won, C. M. & Smith, K. G. (1999) History and current status of mammals of the Korean Peninsula. Mammal Review, 29, 3 - 33. https: // doi. org / 10.1046 / j. 1365 - 2907.1999.00034. x
- Won, H. K. (1968) The mammals of Korea. Institute of Science Press, Pyeongyang, 408 pp. [in Korean]
- Yoon, M. H. (1992) The wildlife of Korea. Daewonsa Publishing Company, Seoul, 142 pp. [in Korean]
- Son, S. W. (2001) Ji-sung natural history series. Fol. 3. Bats. Ji-Sung Publishing, Seoul, 164 pp. [in Korean]
- Yoon, M. H. (2010) Fertebrate Fauna of Korea. Fol. 5. No. 1 (Chordata: Fertebrata: Mammalia: Theria: Chiroptera) Bats. National Institute of Biological Resources, Incheon, 123 pp.
- Jo, Y. S., Kim, T. W., Choi, B. J. & Oh, H. S. (2012) Current status of terrestrial mammals on Jeju Island. Journal of Species Research, 1, 249 - 256. https: // doi. org / 10.12651 / JSR. 2012.1.2.249
- Won, P. H. (1958) A hand list of Korean mammals. Bulletin of Kyung-Hee University, 1, 427 - 460.
- Won, P. H. (1967) Illustrated encyclopedia of fauna and flora of Korea. Fol. 7. Mammals. Ministry of Education, Seoul, 663 pp. [in Korean]
- Simmons, N. B. (2005) Order Chiroptera. In: Wilson, D. E. & Reeder, D. M. (Eds.), Mammal species of the world: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3 rd Edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, pp. 312 - 529.