Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) abramus Temminck 1838

Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) abramus Temminck 1838, Monogr. Mamm., Tome 2: 232.

Type Locality: Japan, Kyushu, Nagasaki.

Vernacular Names: Japanese Pipistrelle.

Synonyms: Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) akokomuli Temminck 1838; Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) irretitus Cantor 1842; Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) pomiloides Mell 1922; Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) pumiloides Tomes 1857 .

Distribution: S Ussuri region (Russia and China), Taiwan, S and C Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Burma, India.

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

Discussion: Subgenus Pipistrellus . Often regarded as a subspecies of javanicus, but clearly separable; see Hill and Harrison (1987), Yoshiyuki (1989), Corbet and Hill (1992), and Tiunov (1997). Does not include paterculus; see Hill and Harrison (1987), Corbet and Hill (1992), Bates and Harrison (1997), Bates et al. (1997), and Hendrichsen et al. (2001 b). Reviewed by Horácek et al. (2000) and Srinivasulu and Srinivasulu (2001).