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Cadorna's Pipistrelle

Hypsugo cadornae (Thomas, 1916)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Hypsugo cadornae (Thomas, 1916)
Name authority
(Thomas, 1916)
Common name
Cadorna's Pipistrelle
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Chiroptera
Family
Vespertilionidae
Genus
Hypsugo
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
  9. subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
  10. infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
  11. orderChiroptera Blumenbach, 1779
  12. suborderYangochiroptera Koopman, 1984
  13. superfamilyVespertilionoidea Gray, 1821
  14. familyVespertilionidae Gray, 1821
  15. subfamilyVespertilioninae Gray, 1821
  16. tribeVespertilionini Gray, 1821
  17. genusHypsugo Kolenati, 1856
  18. speciesHypsugo cadornae (Thomas, 1916)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Hypsugo. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Arabian PipistrelleHypsugo arabicus (Harrison, 1979)VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Red-brown PipistrelleHypsugo kitcheneri (Thomas, 1915)VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Lanza's PipistrelleHypsugo lanzai Benda, Al-Jumaily, Reiter & Nasher, 2011VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Burma pipistrelleHypsugo lophurus (Thomas, 1915)VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Big-eared PipistrelleHypsugo macrotis (Temminck, 1840)VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Savi's PipistrelleHypsugo savii (Bonaparte, 1837)VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Vordermann's PipistrelleHypsugo vordermanni (Jentink, 1890)VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Chocolate PipistrelleHypsugo affinis (Dobson, 1871)VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Alashanian PipistrelleHypsugo alaschanicus (Bobrinskii, 1926)VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Desert PipistrelleHypsugo ariel (Thomas, 1904)VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Brown PipistrelleHypsugo imbricatus (Horsfield, 1824)VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Least Pipistrelle BatHypsugo musciculus (Thomas, 1913)VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

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Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Pipistrellus cadornae Thomas, 1916 Thomas, 1916synonym

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Southern Asia

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=946198 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:3P4RS. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.