Kuhl's pipistrelle
| Kuhl's pipistrelle | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Genus: | Pipistrellus |
| Species: | P. kuhlii |
| Binomial name | |
| Pipistrellus kuhlii (Kuhl, 1817) | |
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| Global range of P. kuhlii (red) | |
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Vespertilio kuhlii Kuhl, 1817 | |
Kuhl's pipistrelle, Pipistrellus kuhlii, is a species of vesper bat that lives over large areas of North Africa, southern Europe and Western Asia.[1] It can be found in temperate forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, temperate grassland, rural gardens, and urban areas.
Taxonomy
Kuhl's pipistrelle was first named in 1817, under the name Vespertilio kuhlii, in a work by Heinrich Kuhl entitled Die deutschen Fledermäuse ("The bats of Germany").[2] The specific epithet was chosen by Johann Natterer, who had collected the first specimens, and commemorates Kuhl; under the rules of the ICZN, however, Kuhl himself is regarded as the authority, as the first to report the name.[3]
References
- ↑ S. Aulagnier, J. Juste, A. Karataş, J. Palmeirim & M. Paunović (2008). "Pipistrellus kuhlii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
- ↑ Heinrich Kuhl (1817). Die deutschen Fledermäuse [The bats of Germany] (in German). Hanau.
- ↑ Charles Klaver (2007). Inseparable Friends in Life and Death: Heinrich Kuhl (1797–1821) and Johan Conrad Van Hasselt (1797–1823), Students of Prof. Theo Van Swinderen. Biografieën van Groningse hoogleraren. Barkhuis. p. 93. ISBN 9789077922316.
External links
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