Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) tenuis Temminck 1840

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Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) tenuis Temminck 1840

Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) tenuis Temminck 1840 , Monogr. Mamm., Vol. 2: 229.

Type Locality: Indonesia, Sumatra.

Vernacular Names: Least Pipistrelle.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) tenuis subsp. tenuis Temminck 1840

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) tenuis subsp. mimus Wroughton 1899

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) tenuis subsp. murrayi Andrews 1900

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) tenuis subsp. nitidus Tomes 1859

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) tenuis subsp. ponceleti Troughton 1936

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) tenuis subsp. portensis Allen 1906

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) tenuis subsp. sewelanus Oei 1960

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) tenuis subsp. subulidens Miller 1901

Distribution: Afghanistan to the Moluccas; S China, Laos, Vietnam; Cocos Keeling Isl and Christmas Isl (Indian Ocean).

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

Discussion: Subgenus Pipistrellus . Does not include adamsi , angulatus , collinus , orientalis , papuanus , wattsi , or westralis ; see Kitchener et al. (1986), but also see Koopman (1984 c, 1994) and Corbet and Hill (1992). See also Koopman (1973) and McKean and Price (1978) for discussion of synonyms. Reviewed in part by Bates and Harrison (1997) and Hendrichsen et al. (2001 b). This complex may include more than one species.