Pipistrellus raceyi
Pipistrellus raceyi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Vespertilionidae |
Genus: | Pipistrellus |
Species: | P. raceyi
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Binomial name | |
Pipistrellus raceyi Bates, Ratrimomanarivo, Harrison, and Goodman, 2006
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Distribution of Pipistrellus raceyi[2] |
Pipistrellus raceyi, also known as Racey's pipistrelle, is a
With a forearm length of 28.0 to 31.2 mm (1.10 to 1.23 in), Pipistrellus raceyi is small to medium-sized for a species of Pipistrellus. The body is reddish above and yellow-brown below. The wings are dark and the feet are small. Males have a long penis and
Taxonomy
Since they were first recorded in 1905, when Thomas and Schwann described the species Vespertilio matroka (currently
In 2006, Paul Bates and colleagues reported on a collection of 44 Malagasy "pipistrelles" received by the
Description
Pipistrellus raceyi is a small to medium-sized pipistrelle.
Males have a long, straight penis with a notch between the shaft and the narrow, egg-shaped glans penis. Near the top, the penis is haired, but the base is almost naked. In the baculum (penis bone), the shaft is long and narrow and slightly curved.[8] The length of the penis and baculum distinguish P. raceyi from all comparably sized African and Malagasy vespertilionids.[11] P. endoi, P. paterculus, and P. abramus have more similar bacula, but that of P. abramus is more curved, the shaft and the tip are more robust in P. paterculus, and the proximal (near) end is more robust in P. endoi.[12] In males, penis length is 9.6 to 11.8 mm (0.38 to 0.46 in) and baculum length is 8.8 to 10.0 mm (0.35 to 0.39 in).[10]
In the skull, there is a well-defined lowered area in the middle of the rostrum (front part), which nearly touches the back margin of the large, V-shaped nasal aperture (opening for the nose). Next to the aperture are two elevated areas, above the
The
Distribution, ecology, and behavior
Pipistrellus raceyi is known from four places on Madagascar, all below 80 m (260 ft) altitude, of which two are on the west and two on the east side of the island.
There is very limited data on reproduction. Young are probably born near the start of the
Conservation status
The
References
- ^ . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Bates et al., 2006, figure 7
- ^ a b Bates et al., 2006, pp. 299–300
- ^ Bates et al., 2006, p. 301
- ^ Goodman, 2007, p. 13
- ^ a b Bates et al., 2006, p. 302
- ^ Bates et al., 2006, p. 321
- ^ a b c d e f Bates et al., 2006, p. 304
- ^ a b Bates et al., 2006, p. 309
- ^ a b Bates et al., 2006, table 1
- ^ a b Bates et al., 2006, p. 305
- ^ Bates et al., 2006, pp. 306–307
- ^ Bates et al., 2006, pp. 307, 309
- ^ Bates et al., 2006, pp. 302, 304–305; Hill and Harrison, 1987, p. 238
- ^ Bates et al., 2006, pp. 309, 311; Goodman, 2007, p. 14
- ^ a b Bates et al., 2006, p. 311
- ^ Emmons and Feer, 1997, p. 93
Literature cited
- Bates, P.J.J., Ratrimomanarivo, F.H., Harrison, D.L. and Goodman, S.M. 2006. A description of a new species of Pipistrellus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from Madagascar with a review of related Vespertilioninae from the island (subscription required). Acta Chiropterologica 8(2):299–324.
- Emmons, L.H. and Feer, F. 1997. Neotropical Rainforest Mammals: A Field Guide. 2nd ed. The University of Chicago Press, 307 pp. ISBN 0-226-20721-8
- Goodman, S.M. 2007. An island of discoveries: Madagascar reveals a swarm of new bat species Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine. Bats 25(2):12–14.
- Hill, J.E. and Harrison, D.L. 1987. The baculum in the Vespertilioninae (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) with a systematic review, a synopsis of Pipistrellus and Eptesicus, and the descriptions of a new genus and subgenus. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology Series 52(7):225–305.
- Jenkins, R.K.B.; Rakotoarivelo, A.R.; Ratrimomanarivo, F.H.; Cardiff, S.G. (2019). "Pipistrellus raceyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T136646A21989768.