Kuhl's pipistrelle

Kuhl's pipistrelle
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Pipistrellus
Species: P. kuhlii
Binomial name
Pipistrellus kuhlii
(Kuhl, 1817)
Global range of P. kuhlii (red)
Synonyms

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

  1. 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.
  2. Heinrich Kuhl (1817). Die deutschen Fledermäuse [The bats of Germany] (in German). Hanau.
  3. 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.

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