Authority citation: Temminck, C.J. 1840. Livraison 3. Pp. 141–272 in Temminck, C.J. 1835-1841. Monographies de Mammalogie. Tome second. C. C. van der Hoek, Leiden, 392 pp.
Authority publication link: https://archive.org/details/monographiedema00temmgoog/page/140/mode/2up
Original name as described: Vespertilio tenuis
Nominal names: tenuis (Temminck, 1840) | nitidus (Tomes, 1859) | mimus Wroughton, 1899 | subulidens G. S. Miller, 1901 | portensis J. A. Allen, 1906 | glaucillus Wroughton, 1912 | principulus O. Thomas, 1915 | tramatus O. Thomas, 1928 | sewelanus Oei Hong Peng, 1960
Other common names: Indian Pygmy Bat
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Chiroptera -- Family: Vespertilionidae -- Subfamily: Vespertilioninae -- Tribe: Pipistrellini
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: RMNH.MAM.33651.a, RMNH.MAM.33651.b, ZMB 2643
Type locality: Sumatra, Indonesia.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Afghanistan (AFG) | Pakistan (PAK) | India (IND) | Sri Lanka (LKA) | Nepal (NPL) | Bhutan (BTN) | Bangladesh (BGD) | Myanmar (MMR) | China (CHN) | Thailand (THA) | Vietnam (VNM) | Laos (LAO) | Cambodia (KHM) | Malaysia (MYS) | Brunei (BRN) | Philippines (PHL) | East Timor (TLS)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Least concern
Species-specific notes: previously included P. murrayi
Citation: Helgen, K. M., Armstrong, K. N., Guzinski, J., How, R. A., & Donnellan, S. C. (2009). Taxonomic status of the Christmas Island pipistrelle, Pipistrellis murrayi Andrews, 1900, as assessed by morphometric and molecular investigations of Indo-Australian Pipistrellus. Com-monwealth Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Canberra.
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