Pipistrellus creticus

Pipistrellus creticus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Pipistrellus
Species:
P. creticus
Binomial name
Pipistrellus creticus
Benda, 2009
Synonyms
  • Pipistrellus hanaki creticus Benda, 2009

Pipistrellus creticus is a species of vesper bat. Thought initially described as a subspecies of Pipistrellus hanaki in 2009, further study found that it differed enough genetically and physically to be considered a separate species. The holotype was collected in Crete, from which the species name creticus is derived.[1]

References

  1. ^ Benda, Peter; Spitzenberger, Friederike; Hanák, Vladimír; Andreas, Michal; Reiter, Anontín; Ševčík, Martin; Šmíd, Jiří; Uhrin, Marcel (2014). "Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. Part 11. On the bat fauna of Libya II". Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae. 78: 1–162.