Alionoctula
| Alionoctula | |
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| Indian pipistrelle, Alionoctula coromandra | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Subfamily: | Vespertilioninae |
| Tribe: | Pipistrellini |
| Genus: | Alionoctula Kruskop, Solovyeva and Kaznadzey, 2018 |
| Type species | |
| Vesperugo stenopterus Dobson, 1875 | |
| Species | |
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See text | |
Alionoctula is a genus of bats in the family Vespertilionidae and subfamily Vespertilioninae.
Species in this genus were previously all classified under the genus Pipistrellus, but were reclassified after a 2025 study demonstrated that the group was non-monophyletic.[1]
Species
[edit]According to Mammal Diversity Database:[2]
- Japanese pipistrelle, A. abramus
- Forest pipistrelle, A. adamsi
- New Guinea pipistrelle, A. angulata
- Babu's pipistrelle, A. babu
- Kelaart's pipistrelle, A. ceylonica
- Greater Papuan pipistrelle, A. collina
- Indian pipistrelle, A. coromandra
- Dhofar pipistrelle, A. dhofarensis
- Endo's pipistrelle, A. endoi
- Javan pipistrelle, A. javanica
- Minahassa pipistrelle, A. minahassae
- †Christmas Island pipistrelle, A. murrayi
- Lesser Papuan pipistrelle, A. papuana
- Mount Popa pipistrelle, A. paterculus
- Narrow-winged pipistrelle, A. stenoptera
- †Sturdee's pipistrelle, A. sturdeei
- Least pipistrelle, A. tenuis
- Watts's pipistrelle, A. wattsi
- Northern pipistrelle, A. westralis
References
[edit]- ↑ Svetlana S. Zhukova; Alexander P. Yuzefovich; Vladimir S. Lebedev; Sergei V. Kruskop (2025). "Reassessment of the Taxonomic Borders Within Pipistrellus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae, Pipistrellini)". Diversity. 17 (5): 317. doi:10.3390/d17050317.
- ↑ "Vespertilionidae". Retrieved 2026-07-01.