- Desert Pipistrelle
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Desert Pipistrelle Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Chiroptera Family: Vespertilionidae Genus: Hypsugo Species: H. ariel Binomial name Hypsugo ariel
(Thomas, 1904)Synonyms - Pipistrellus ariel Thomas, 1904
- Pipistrellus bodenheimeri Harrison, 1960
The Desert Pipistrelle (Hypsugo ariel) is a species of vesper bat in the genus Hypsugo. It is found in Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Yemen. Some of the Arabian populations were previously regarded as a separate species, Hypsugo bodenheimeri, but the proposed differences between the two do not hold. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, rocky areas, and hot deserts.
References
- Benda, P. 2004. Hypsugo ariel. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
- Benda, P., Dietz, C., Andreas, M., Hotový, J., Lučan, R.K., Maltby, A., Meakin, K., Truscott, J. & Vallo, P. 2008. Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. Part 6. Bats of Sinai (Egypt) with some taxonomic, ecological and echolocation data on that fauna. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae 72:1-103.
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