Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) rueppellii J. Fischer 1829

Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) rueppellii J. Fischer 1829, Synopsis Mamm.: 109.

Type Locality: Sudan, Northern Province, Dongola.

Vernacular Names: Ruppell's Pipistrelle.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) rueppellii subsp. rueppellii J. Fischer 1829

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) rueppellii subsp. coxi Thomas 1919

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) rueppellii subsp. fuscipes Thomas 1913

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) rueppellii subsp. pulcher Dobson 1875

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) rueppellii subsp. senegalensis Dorst 1960

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) rueppellii subsp. vernayi Roberts 1932

Distribution: Mauritania, Senegal, Algeria, Israel, Egypt, and Iraq, south to Botswana and NE South Africa; Zanzibar.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Pipistrellus . Reviewed in part by Harrison and Bates (1991). See Taylor (2000 a) for distribution map. Different authors have misspelled this name in a variety of ways, dropping the first "e", second "p", second "l", or second "i". The original, correct spelling is "reuppellii".