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Pipistrellus tenuis

  • 1. Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2. Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,
  • 3. International College Beijing, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China

Description

Pipistrellus tenuis [Temminck, 1840]

Vespertilio tenuis Temminck, 1840: 229; Sumatra, INDONESIA (Collector unknown; Type unknown) [82].

Pipistrellus tenuis [8].

Common English name: Least Pipistrelle

Barcode Index Number: DNA barcodes recorded as P. tenuis are associated with the BIN, BOLD:AAB2554, but there are no DNA barcodes from Peninsular Malaysia.

IUCN status: Least Concern

Recorded at: Pahang: Unspecified [23]; Pulau Pinang: Unspecied [23]; Selangor: Bukit Kutu Wildlife Reserve [51]; Kedah: Ulu Muda Forest Reserve [57]; Melaka: Sungai Udang Forest Reserve [68].

P. tenuis has been reported roosting in buildings in highly disturbed areas and in hollowed branches and among dead leaves in forests [14].

Notes

Published as part of Voon-Ching Lim, Rosli Ramli, Subha Bhassu & John-James Wilson, 2017, A checklist of the bats of Peninsular Malaysia and progress towards a DNA barcode reference library, pp. 1-65 in PLoS ONE 12 (7) on pages 48-49, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0179555, http://zenodo.org/record/4251352

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Biodiversity

Collection code
Iucn
Family
Vespertilionidae
Genus
Pipistrellus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Chiroptera
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Temminck
Species
tenuis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Pipistrellus tenuis (Temminck, 1840) sec. Lim, Ramli, Bhassu & Wilson, 2017

References

  • 82. Temminck CJ. Monographies de mammalogie. Tome 2. Leiden and Paris; 1837 - 1841. 392 pp.
  • 8. Chasen FN. A handlist of Malaysian mammals (A systematic list of the mammals of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo and Java, including the adjacent small islands). Bulletin of the Raffles Museum; 1940.
  • 23. Medway L. The wild mammals of Malaya. London: Oxford University Press. 1969.
  • 51. Lim BL, Majid RA, Norsham Y. Studies on the mammal fauna of Bukit Kutu Wildlife reserve, Hulu Selangor. Journal of Wildlife and Parks. 1999; 17: 1 - 6.
  • 57. Norsham Y, Shariff F, Norhayati A, Nordin M, Lim BL. Pre-logging survey of mammal fauna at Sungai Weng sub-catchment, Ulu Muda Forest Reserve Forest Reserve, Kedah. Journal of Wildlife and Parks. 1999; 17: 28 - 43.
  • 68. Shahfiz MA, Shahrul-Anuar MA, Nor-Zalipah M, Kaviarasu M, Pan KA, Yusof MO, et al. Surveys of bats at selected sites in Melaka Forest Reserves, Peninsular Malaysia. In: Rahman A, Koh HL, Muhamad A, Yusof WKW, Latiff A, editors. Proceedings for Forestry Department of Peninsular Malaysia, 1 - 2 April 2009 2008. Department of Wildlife and National Parks, Malaysia; 2009. pp. 265 - 270.
  • 14. Francis CM. A field guide to the mammals of South-East Asia. New Holland Publishers; 2008.