Pipistrellus pygmaeus

(Leach, 1825)

Soprano Pipistrelle

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Yangochiroptera
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Vespertilionidae
Subfamily : Vespertilioninae
Tribe : Pipistrellini
Genus : Pipistrellus
Subgenus : Pipistrellus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Leach, W.E. 1825-01. Description of the Vespertilio Pygmæus, a new species, recently discovered in Devonshire. Zoological Journal 1(4):559-561.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13382418

Original name as described

Vespertilio Pygmæus

Other common names

Brown Pipistrelle · Pygmy Pipistrelle

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1999.43

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/315e0f2b-fb9c-458a-b78e-e58084d66d22 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cd650d43-7834-46ac-8d55-e745b41e4cb1

Type locality

"Spitchweek [= Spitchwick], near the forest of Dartmoor, " Devon, United Kingdom.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Ireland · United Kingdom · Portugal · Spain · France · Germany · Denmark · Sweden · Norway · Switzerland · Italy · Slovenia · Austria · Czech Republic · Poland · Slovakia · Hungary · Croatia · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Serbia · Greece · Bulgaria · Romania · Ukraine · Belarus · Lithuania · Latvia · Estonia · Russia · Georgia · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Iran · Turkey · Cyprus

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005633

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 7 names and synonyms.

Vespertilio Pygmæus

(Leach, 1825)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

pygmaeus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1999.43

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/315e0f2b-fb9c-458a-b78e-e58084d66d22 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cd650d43-7834-46ac-8d55-e745b41e4cb1

Authority page

560

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13382418

Authority publication

Zoological Journal

Name usages

Fischer (1829:105) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
Lesson (1836:77, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814778) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61467)

Vespertilio pygmeus

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

pygmeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

90

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207558

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:90, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207558) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Vespertilio pigmæus

(S.D.W., 1836)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

pigmaeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

69

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2508318

Authority publication

The Analyst

Name usages

S.D.W. (1836:69, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2508318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43690)

Pipistrellus pipistrellus mediterraneus

Cabrera, 1904

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

mediterraneus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNCN 1074

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

273

Authority publication

Memorias de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Pipistrellus pygmaeus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

pygmaeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Mayer, Dietz & Kiefer (2007:2) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1655)
Benda, Faizolâhi, Andreas, Obuch, Reiter, Ševčík, Uhrin, Vallo & Ashrafi (2012:429) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/25233)
Gippoliti (2013:15) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/25250)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136649) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136649) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:771) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Meinig, Boye, Dähne, Hutterer & Lang (2020:22) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/70294)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005633) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136649/21990234) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)
Zhukova, Yuzefovich, Lebedev & Kruskop (2025:15) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69659)

Pipistrellus pygmaeus cyprius

Benda in Benda, Hanák, Horáček, Hulva, R. Lučan, & Ruedi, 2007

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

cyprius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMPr P6V-090416

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

101

Authority publication

Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:771) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Pipistrellus pygmaeus pygmaeus

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

pygmaeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

771

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:771) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

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