NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Dwarf Pipistrelle Bat
Pipistrellus nanulus Thomas, 1904
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.
Open encyclopedia reference
The tiny pipistrelle (Pipistrellus nanulus) is a species of vesper bat. It can be found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Uganda. It is found in subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and moist savanna.
Wikipedia contributors, Tiny pipistrelle; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T09:09:53.784351+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Pipistrellus nanulus Thomas, 1904
- Name authority
- Thomas, 1904
- Common name
- Dwarf Pipistrelle Bat
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Vespertilionidae
- Genus
- Pipistrellus
- 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.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderChiroptera Blumenbach, 1779
- suborderYangochiroptera Koopman, 1984
- superfamilyVespertilionoidea Gray, 1821
- familyVespertilionidae Gray, 1821
- subfamilyVespertilioninae Gray, 1821
- tribePipistrellini Tate, 1942
- genusPipistrellus Kaup, 1829
- speciesPipistrellus nanulus Thomas, 1904
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Pipistrellus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Adams's PipistrellePipistrellus adamsi Kitchener, Caputi & Jones, 1986 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Endo's PipistrellePipistrellus endoi Imaizumi, 1959 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Java PipistrellePipistrellus javanicus (Gray, 1838) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Madeira PipistrellePipistrellus maderensis (Dobson, 1878) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Minahassa PipistrellePipistrellus minahassae (A. Meyer, 1899) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser Papuan PipistrellePipistrellus papuanus (Peters & Doria, 1881) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus (Leach, 1825) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Racey's PipistrellePipistrellus raceyi Bates, Ratrimomanarivo, Harrison & Goodman, 2006 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus (Schreber, 1774) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mount Popa PipistrellePipistrellus paterculus Thomas, 1915 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dhofar PipistrellePipistrellus dhofarensis Benda, Reiter, Uhrin & Varadínová, 2016 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Japanese House BatPipistrellus abramus (Temminck, 1838) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
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.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=632116 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:4J6L6. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.