Pipistrellus etula

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vespertilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yangochiroptera Superfamilia: Vespertilionoidea

Familia: Vespertilionidae
Subfamilia: Vespertilioninae
Tribus: Pipistrellini
Genus: Pipistrellus
Species: Pipistrellus etula

Name

Pipistrellus etula Torrent, Juste, Garin, Aihartza, Dalton, Mamba, Tanshi, Powell, Padidar, García-Mudarra, Richards & Monadjem, 2025: 14

• Holotype: EBD 19203M, adult ♂, body in alcohol with skull removed, collected by Javier Juste on 14 April 1989.
• Type locality: “Biao Lake, Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. ... in the montane forest of the slopes of Biao Peak, which shelters the crater that currently forms Biao Lake (3.3554666N; 8.6211751E) at an elevation of 1826 m above sea level (a.s.l.)”.

References

Primary references

• Torrent, L., Juste, J., Garin, I., Aihartza, J., Dalton, D.L., Mamba, M.L., Tanshi, I., Powell, L.L., Padidar, S., García-Mudarra, J.L., Richards, L.R. & Monadjem, A. 2025. Taxonomic revision of African pipistrelle-like bats with a new species from the West Congolean rainforest. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 204(2): zlaf020. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf020 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Bioko Pipistrelle