The Peters's pipistrelle (Hypsugo petersi) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines.

Peters's pipistrelle
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Hypsugo
Species:
H. petersi
Binomial name
Hypsugo petersi
(Meyer, 1899)
Synonyms

Pipistrellus petersi (Meyer, 1899)
Falsistrellus petersi

Formerly classified in the genus Falsistrellus, phylogenetic evidence supports it belonging to the genus Hypsugo.[2][3]

References edit

  1. ^ Görföl, T.; Struebig, M.; Tabaranza, B.; Francis, C.M.; Rosell-Ambal, R.G.B.; Kingston, T. (2016). "Falsistrellus petersi" (PDF). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T17359A22125873. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T17359A22125873.en.
  2. ^ Görföl, Tamás; Csorba, Gábor (2018-11-01). "Integrative taxonomy places Asian species of Falsistrellus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) into Hypsugo". Mammalian Biology. 93: 56–63. doi:10.1016/j.mambio.2018.08.004. ISSN 1616-5047. S2CID 92446114.
  3. ^ Mammal Diversity Database (2021-08-10), Mammal Diversity Database, doi:10.5281/zenodo.5175993, retrieved 2021-09-19