Parahypsugo eisentrauti ( Hill, 1968 )

Mongombe, Aaron Manga, Fils, Eric Moise Bakwo & Tamesse, Joseph Lebel, 2020, Annotated checklist of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of Mount Cameroon, southwestern Cameroon, Zoosystema 42 (24), pp. 483-514 : 508

Parahypsugo eisentrauti ( Hill, 1968) ( Table 3 )

Pipistrellus eisentrauti Hill, 1968: 45 .

COMMON NAMES. — English: Eisentraut’s Pipistrelle. French: Pipistrelle d’Eisentraut.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 5 specimens (including original data).

Other localities of Cameroon • 2 specimens; Mount Kupe ; 4°48’05”N, 9°42’29”E; 1078 m; 30.XI.1966; Martin Eisentraut leg.; ZFMK 1950.0198; ZFMK 1968.0006 • 2 specimens; Dikume-Balue ; 4°14’42”N, 9°29’36”E; 1100 m; 18.II.1967; Martin Eisentraut leg.; ZFMK 1950.0498; ZFMK 1968.0005 .

ORIGINAL DATA. — A single male ( Table 1 ) was caught at the ecotone between montane forest and montane grassland at an altitude of 2130 m a.s.l. This species has previously been referred to as Hypsugo eisentrauti ( Hill, 1968) and it was recorded from Mount Cameroon by Eisentraut (1968) as Pipistrellus eisentrauti . The new generic name is based on recent molecular and morphological results by Hutterer et al. (2019). Fedden & MacLeod (1986) mist-netted a total of 22 individuals in the montane forest of Mount Cameroon.

DIAGNOSIS. — The species is very small with a forearm length of 35.4 mm. The pelage is reddish-brown dorsally and slightly paler ventrally. The anterior upper premolar is visible above gum. The wings and interfemoral membrane are also reddish-brown. External measurements are presented in Table 3.

HABITATS AND DISTRIBUTION. — This species is probably restricted to the Cameroon Highlands, where it has been recorded on Mount Cameroon, Rumpi Highlands, and Mount Kupe by Eisentraut ( Hill 1968). It is distributed principally in montane and submontane habitat from 750 m to 2235 m ( Van Cakenberghe & Happold 2013).