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GBIF·5707170speciesAnimalia93 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderChiroptera
  5. ›familyVespertilionidae
  6. ›genusPipistrellus
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Greater Papuan Pipistrelle

Pipistrellus collinus Thomas, 1920

Also calledGroRRe Papua-Zwergfledermaus (deu) · Pipistrelle des montagnes (fra)

First described in: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9 vol.6 p.533

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

conservation

Conservation: IUCN 2003 – Not listed (lapsus); IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).

Order Chiroptera - Family Vespertilionidae

discussion

Discussion: Subgenus Pipistrellus. Included in angulatus by Laurie and Hill (1954) and in tenuis by Koopman (1993, 1994), but see Kitchener et al. (1986). Also see Flannery (1995 a) and Bonaccoroso (1998).

Order Chiroptera - Family Vespertilionidae

materials_examined

Type Locality: British Papua (= Papua New Guinea), head of Mambare River, Bihagi, 8 ° 04 ' S, 148 ° 01 ' E.

Order Chiroptera - Family Vespertilionidae

activity

Activity patterns. Greater Papuan Pipistrelles are nocturnal. It has been reported roosting in hollow trees (Pandanus, Pandanaceae). Search-call shape is FM / QCEF, with characteristic frequency of 40 kHz; upsweep of call is between 10 kHz and 30 kHz.

Vespertilionidae

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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5707170.