Falsistrellus mordax (Peters 1866)

[Vesperugo] mordax Peters 1866, Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1866: 402.

Type Locality: Indonesia, Java.

Vernacular Names: Pungent Pipistrelle.

Synonyms: Falsistrellus maderaspatanus Gray 1843 .

Distribution: Java; records from India and Sri Lanka are erroneous, based on misidentified affinis, see Hill and Harrison (1987).

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (nt) as Pipistrellus mordax .

Discussion: May include petersi and/or affinis; see Corbet and Hill (1992).