Kuhl's pipistrelle (Pipistrellus kuhlii) is a species of vesper bat that occurs in large areas of North Africa, Southern Europe and West Asia. It lives in temperate forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, temperate grassland, rural gardens, and urban areas.[1] It is a rare and infrequent visitor to Britain, usually only detected by sound-recordings.[citation needed] A specimen held at the Palestine Natural History Museum is the first record of the species to be "ensnared by a plant in the Arab world".[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Genus: | Pipistrellus |
| Species: | P. kuhlii
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| Pipistrellus kuhlii Kuhl, 1817
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Vespertilio kuhlii Kuhl, 1817 | |
Taxonomy edit
Kuhl's pipistrelle was first named in 1817, under the name Vespertilio kuhlii, in a work by Heinrich Kuhl entitled Die deutschen Fledermäuse ("The bats of Germany").[3] The specific epithet was chosen by Johann Natterer, who had collected the first specimens, and commemorates Kuhl; under the rules of the ICZN, however, Kuhl himself is regarded as the authority, as the first to report the name.[4]
The population of Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Sudan was formerly known as Pipistrellus deserti.[5] This taxon is now considered to be a junior synonym of Pipistrellus kuhlii.[6]
References edit
- ^ a b Juste, J.; Paunović, M. (2016). "Pipistrellus kuhlii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T17314A22132946. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T17314A22132946.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Handal, Elias N., and Mazin B. Qumsiyeh. "The First Record of a Bat Found Ensnared by a Plant in the Occupied Palestinian Territories."
- ^ Heinrich Kuhl (1817). Die deutschen Fledermäuse [The bats of Germany] (in German). Hanau.
- ^ Charles Klaver (2007). Inseparable Friends in Life and Death: Heinrich Kuhl (1797–1821) and Johan Conrad Van Hasselt (1797–1823), Students of Prof. Theo Van Swinderen. Biografieën van Groningse hoogleraren. Barkhuis. p. 93. ISBN 9789077922316.
- ^ Benda, P. 2004. Pipistrellus deserti. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
- ^ Petr Benda; Tommy Andriollo; Manuel Ruedi (November 2015). "Systematic position and taxonomy of Pipistrellus deserti (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)". Mammalia. 79 (4): 419–438. doi:10.1515/MAMMALIA-2014-0024. ISSN 0025-1461. Wikidata Q37147763.
External links edit
Media related to Pipistrellus kuhlii at Wikimedia Commons
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