Order Chiroptera Higher classification Pipistrellus | Phylum Chordata Family Vespertilionidae Scientific name Pipistrellus kuhlii Rank Species | |
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Similar Pipistrellus, Savi's pipistrelle, Lesser noctule, Nathusius's pipistrelle, Common pipistrelle | ||
Vesper bat kuhl s pipistrelle
Kuhl's pipistrelle (Pipistrellus kuhlii) is a species of vesper bat that lives over large areas of North Africa, southern Europe and Western Asia. It can be found in temperate forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, temperate grassland, rural gardens, and urban areas.
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Taxonomy
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"). 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.
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