- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderChiroptera
- ›familyVespertilionidae
- ›genusPipistrellus
Kelaart's Pipistrelle
Pipistrellus ceylonicus (Kelaart, 1852)
Also calledKelaarter Chamchika (ben) · Pipistrelle de Kelaart (fra) · Sri-Lanka-Zwergfledermaus (deu)
First described in: Prodr. Faun. Zeylanica p.22
Kelaart's pipistrelle (Alionoctula ceylonica) is a species of vesper bat found in southern and south-eastern Asia from Pakistan to Indonesia.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution: Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and Myanmar (recorded in Pyaunggaung, Shan State, Bago and Ayeyarwady Regions; Nyo 2005).
Mammals of Myanmar: an annotated checklist
child_taxa
Subspecies:: Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) ceylonicus subsp. ceylonicus Kelaart 1852 Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) ceylonicus subsp. borneanus Hill 1963 Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) ceylonicus subsp. indicus Dobson 1878 Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) ceylonicus subsp. raptor Thomas 1904 Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) ceylonicus subsp. shanorum Thomas 1915 Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) ceylonicus subsp. subcanus Thomas 1915 Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) ceylonicus subsp. tongfangensis Wang 1966
Order Chiroptera - Family Vespertilionidae
conservation
Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).
Order Chiroptera - Family Vespertilionidae
discussion
Discussion: Subgenus Pipistrellus. Reviewed in part by Bates and Harrison (1997).
Order Chiroptera - Family Vespertilionidae
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Description
The head and body Kelaart's pipistrelle together measure 9 centimetres (3.5 in) in length. The forearms are 4 centimetres (1.6 in), the wingspan is 26–27 centimetres (10–11 in) and the bat weight 3–5 grams (0.11–0.18 oz). Males are larger and brighter than females. Color varies from almost dark brown to bright reddish brown, but usually reddish brown above and paler below. The wing membrane are dark brown and the body is covered with dense, short fur.
== References ==
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Every page naming Pipistrellus ceylonicus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5218475.