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Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) coromandra Gray 1838

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Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) coromandra Gray 1838

Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) coromandra Gray 1838, Mag. Zool. Bot., 2: 498.

Type Locality: India, Coromandel Coast, Pondicherry.

Vernacular Names: Indian Pipistrelle.

Synonyms: Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) afghanus Gaisler 1970; Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) blythii Wagner 1855; Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) coromandelianus Blyth 1863; Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) coromandelicus Blyth 1851; Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) micropus Peters 1872; Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) nicobaricus Fitzinger 1861; Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) parvipes Blyth 1853.

Distribution: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India (including Nicobar Isls), Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma, Cambodia, Thailand, S China.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Pipistrellus. Does not include aladdin; see Corbet (1978 c). Does not include portensis and tramatus; see Corbet and Hill (1992). See comment under pipistrellus. Reviewed by Bates and Harrison (1997).

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Vespertilionidae, pp. 451-529 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 474, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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References

  • Gaisler, J. 1970. The bats (Chiroptera) collected in Afghanistan by the Czechosloslovak Expeditions of 1965 - 1967. Acta Scientiarum Naturalium, Academiae Scientarium Bohemoslovacea (Brno), n. s., 4 (6): 1 - 56.
  • Corbet, G. B. 1978 c. The mammals of the Palaearctic region: A taxonomic review. British Museum (Natural History), London, 314 pp.
  • Corbet, G. B., and J. E. Hill. 1992. Mammals of the Indomalayan region. A systematic review. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 488 pp.