Hypsugo
Savi's pipistrelle (Hypsugo savii)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Tribe: Vespertilionini
Genus: Hypsugo
Kolenati, 1856
Type species
Vespertilio savii
Bonaparte, 1837
Species

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The genus Hypsugo contains many bats referred to as pipistrelles or pipistrelle bats (not to be confused with the genus Pipistrellus). They belong to the family Vespertilionidae or vesper bats. They are primarily found throughout Asia, the Middle East, Mediterranean Europe, and North Africa (including the Canary Islands), with a single (debated) species in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Species

A 2019 study reclassified the African species H. crassulus and H. eisentrauti (as well as the subspecies H. c. bellieri, which was upgraded to a distinct species) into the newly described genus Parahypsugo.[2] They have since been reclassified into the genus Nycticeinops.[3]

References

  1. ^ "New bat species has fangs you won't believe". 8 January 2015.
  2. ^ Hutterer, Rainer; Decher, Jan; Monadjem, Ara & Astrin, Jonas (October 2019). "A new genus and species of vesper bat from West Africa, with notes on Hypsugo, Neoromicia, and Pipistrellus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)". Acta Chiropterologica. 21 (1): 1–22. doi:10.3161/15081109ACC2019.21.1.001. ISSN 1508-1109. S2CID 208557701.
  3. ^ "ITIS - Report: Nycticeinops". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2022-02-03.


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