Big-eared pipistrelle

Species of bat

Big-eared pipistrelle
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Hypsugo
Species:
H. macrotis
Binomial name
Hypsugo macrotis
(Temminck, 1840)
Synonyms
  • Vespertilio macrotis Temminck, 1840
  • Pipistrellus macrotis (Temminck, 1840)

The big-eared pipistrelle (Hypsugo macrotis) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It can be found in Indonesia and Malaysia. It forages over mud flats over Peninsula Malaysia but its roosting activities are unknown. Its habitat is being threatened by deforestation for agriculture, plantations, logging and fires but how it affects this bat or if it is adaptable are unknown.

Taxonomy

Philetor brachypterus

Hypsugo macrotis

Hypsugo cadornae

Hypsugo dolichodon

Hypsugo pulveratus

Hypsugo savii

Hysugo alaschanicus

Relationship of H. macrotis with other members of its genus[2]

The big-eared pipistrelle was described as a new species in 1840 by Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck. Temminck placed it in the genus Vespertilio with a binomen of Vespertilio macrotis. The holotype had been collected near Padang on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.[3] In 1940, Frederick Nutter Chasen published that he considered it a subspecies of the brown pipistrelle (Hypsugo imbricatus),[2] though it was considered a full species in 2005 by Mammal Species of the World.[4] Hypsugo species have frequently been listed as members of the genus Pipistrellus, meaning that this species has been referred to as Pipistrellus macrotis, but the generic status of Hypsugo is now widely accepted.[2]

Based on mitochondrial DNA, specifically the regions that encode cytochrome c oxidase and cytochrome b, the big-eared pipistrelle is most closely related to Cadorna's pipistrelle (Hypsugo cadornae).[2]

Its species name "macrotis" comes from Ancient Greek makrós meaning "long" and oûs meaning "ear".[5]

Description

Individuals have a forearm length of 31.7–34.5 mm (1.25–1.36 in). Based on three adult females, individuals weigh 5–6 g (0.18–0.21 oz).[2]

Range and habitat

The big-eared pipistrelle is native to Southeast Asia where it has been documented in Indonesia and Malaysia.[1]

Conservation

As of 2016, it is evaluated as a data deficient species by the IUCN. There is a lack of up-to-date information about its population size and ecological needs. It is threatened by the destruction of its habitat via deforestation.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Görföl, T.; Bates, P.J.J.; Lim, L.S.; Francis, C.M. (2016). "Hypsugo macrotis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T17349A22127259. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T17349A22127259.en.
  2. ^ a b c d e Lim, LEE-SIM; Csorba, Gábor; Wong, Cheng-MIN; Zubaid, Akbar; Rahman, Sultana Parvin Habeebur; Kumaran, Jayaraj Vijaya; Khan, Faisal ALI Anwarali; Huang, JOE Chun-Chia; Najimudin, Nazalan; Görföl, Tamás (2016). "The systematic position of Hypsugo macrotis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) and a new record from Peninsular Malaysia". Zootaxa. 4170 (1): 169–177. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4170.1.10. PMID 27701281.
  3. ^ Temminck, C. J. (1840). Monographies de mammalogie, ou Description de quelques genres de mammifères, dont les espèces ont été observées dans les différens musées de l'Europe [Monographs of mammalogy, or Description of some kinds of mammals, whose species have been observed in the different museums of Europe] (in French). Vol. 2. Paris. pp. 218–219.
  4. ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  5. ^ Palmer, T. S. (1904). "Index Generum Mammalium: A List of the Genera and Families of Mammals". North American Fauna (23). Fish and Wildlife Service: 395. macrotis ear.
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Species of subfamily Vespertilioninae
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Afronycteris
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Antrozous
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    Chalinolobus
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    Dasypterus
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    • Cuban yellow bat (D. insularis)
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    • Bobrinski's serotine (E. bobrinskoi)
    • Botta's serotine (E. bottae)
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    • E. chiriquinus
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    • Surat serotine (E. dimissus)
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    • Argentine brown bat (E. furinalis)
    • Big brown bat (E. fuscus)
    • Gobi big brown bat (E. gobiensis)
    • Guadeloupe big brown bat (E. guadeloupensis)
    • Long-tailed house bat (E. hottentotus)
    • Harmless serotine (E. innoxius)
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    • Sind bat (E. nasutus)
    • Northern bat (E. nilssonii)
    • E. ognevi
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    • Serotine bat (E. serotinus)
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    Euderma
    • Spotted bat (E. maculatum)
    Eudiscopus
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    Falsistrellus
    • Chocolate pipistrelle (F. affinis)
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    • Pungent pipistrelle (F. mordax)
    • Peters's pipistrelle (F. petersi)
    • Eastern false pipistrelle (F. tasmaniensis)
    Glauconycteris
    • Allen's striped bat (G. alboguttata)
    • Silvered bat (G. argentata)
    • Beatrix's bat (G. beatrix)
    • Curry's bat (G. curryae)
    • Bibundi bat (G. egeria)
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    • Allen's spotted bat (G. humeralis)
    • Kenyan wattled bat (G. kenyacola)
    • Machado's butterfly bat (G. machadoi)
    • Abo bat (G. poensis)
    • Variegated butterfly bat (G. variegata)
    Glischropus
    • G. aquilus
    • G. bucephalus
    • Javan thick-thumbed bat (G. javanus)
    • Common thick-thumbed bat (G. tylopus)
    Hesperoptenus
    • Blanford's bat (H. blanfordi)
    • False serotine bat (H. doriae)
    • Gaskell's false serotine (H. gaskelli)
    • Tickell's bat (H. tickelli)
    • Large false serotine (H. tomesi)
    Histiotus
    • Strange big-eared brown bat (H. alienus)
    • H. diaphanopterus
    • Humboldt big-eared brown bat (H. humboldti)
    • Thomas's big-eared brown bat (H. laephotis)
    • Big-eared brown bat (H. macrotus)
    • Southern big-eared brown bat (H. magellanicus)
    • Small big-eared brown bat (H. montanus)
    • Tropical big-eared brown bat (H. velatus)
    Hypsugo
    • H. alaschanicus
    • H. anthonyi
    • Arabian pipistrelle (H. arabicus)
    • Desert pipistrelle (H. ariel)
    • H. bemainty
    • Cadorna's pipistrelle (H. cadornae)
    • Broad-headed pipistrelle (H. crassulus)
    • Long-toothed pipistrelle (H. dolichodon)
    • Eisentraut's pipistrelle (H. eisentrauti)
    • Brown pipistrelle (H. imbricatus)
    • Joffre's pipistrelle (H. joffrei)
    • Red-brown pipistrelle (H. kitcheneri)
    • Lanza's pipistrelle (H. lanzai)
    • Burma pipistrelle (H. lophurus)
    • Big-eared pipistrelle (H. macrotis)
    • Mouselike pipistrelle (H. musciculus)
    • Chinese pipistrelle (H. pulveratus)
    • Savi's pipistrelle (H. savii)
    • Vordermann's pipistrelle (H. vordermanni)
    Ia
    • Great evening bat (I. io)
    Idionycteris
    • Allen's big-eared bat (I. phyllotis)
    Laephotis
    • Angolan long-eared bat (L. angolensis)
    • Botswanan long-eared bat (L. botswanae)
    • Namib long-eared bat (L. namibensis)
    • De Winton's long-eared bat (L. wintoni)
    Lasionycteris
    • Silver-haired bat (L. noctivagans)
    Lasiurus
    • L. arequipae
    • L. atratus
    • Desert red bat (L. blossevillii)
    • Eastern red bat (L. borealis)
    • Tacarcuna bat (L. castaneus)
    • Jamaican red bat (L. degelidus)
    • Hairy-tailed bat (L. ebenus)
    • Western red bat (L. frantzii))
    • Minor red bat (L. minor)
    • Pfeiffer's red bat (L. pfeifferi)
    • Saline red bat (L. salinae)
    • Seminole bat (L. seminolus)
    • Cinnamon red bat (L. varius)
    Mimetillus
    • Moloney's mimic bat (M. moloneyi)
    Neoromicia
    • Dark-brown serotine (N. brunnea)
    • Cape serotine (N. capensis)
    • Yellow serotine (N. flavescens)
    • N. grandidieri
    • Tiny serotine (N. guineensis)
    • N. isabella
    • Isalo serotine (N. malagasyensis)
    • Malagasy serotine (N. matroka)
    • Melck's house bat (N. melckorum)
    • Rendall's serotine (N. rendalli)
    • N. robertsi
    • Rosevear's serotine (N. roseveari)
    • Somali serotine (N. somalica)
    • N. stanleyi
    • White-winged serotine (N. tenuipinnis)
    • Zulu serotine (N. zuluensis)
    Niumbaha
    • Pied bat (N. superba)
    Nyctalus
    • Birdlike noctule (N. aviator)
    • Azores noctule (N. azoreum)
    • Nyctalus furvus (N. furvus)
    • Greater noctule bat (N. lasiopterus)
    • Lesser noctule (N. leisleri)
    • Mountain noctule (N. montanus)
    • Common noctule (N. noctula)
    • Chinese noctule (N. plancyi)
    Nycticeinops
    • Schlieffen's bat (N. schlieffeni)
    Nycticeius
    • Temminck's mysterious bat (N. aenobarbus)
    • Cuban evening bat (N. cubanus)
    • Evening bat (N. humeralis)
    Nyctophilus
    • Northern long-eared bat (N. arnhemensis)
    • Eastern long-eared bat (N. bifax)
    • N. corbeni
    • N. daedalus
    • Lesser long-eared bat (N. geoffroyi)
    • Gould's long-eared bat (N. gouldi)
    • Sunda long-eared bat (N. heran)
    • Lord Howe long-eared bat (N. howensis)
    • N. major
    • Small-toothed long-eared bat (N. microdon)
    • New Guinea long-eared bat (N. microtis)
    • New Caledonian long-eared bat (N. nebulosus)
    • Tasmanian long-eared bat (N. sherrini)
    • Mount Missim long-eared bat (N. shirleyae)
    • Greater long-eared bat (N. timoriensis)
    • Pygmy long-eared bat (N. walkeri)
    Otonycteris
    • Desert long-eared bat (O. hemprichii)
    • Otonycteris leucophaea (O. leucophaea)
    Parastrellus
    • Western pipistrelle (P. hesperus)
    Perimyotis
    • Eastern pipistrelle (P. subflavus)
    Pharotis
    • New Guinea big-eared bat (P. imogene)
    Philetor
    • Rohu's bat (P. brachypterus)
    Pipistrellus
    • Japanese house bat (P. abramus)
    • Forest pipistrelle (P. adamsi)
    • Mount Gargues pipistrelle (P. aero)
    • Anchieta's pipistrelle (P. anchietae)
    • Angulate pipistrelle (P. angulatus)
    • Kelaart's pipistrelle (P. ceylonicus)
    • Greater Papuan pipistrelle (P. collinus)
    • Indian pipistrelle (P. coromandra)
    • P. dhofarensis
    • Egyptian pipistrelle (P. deserti)
    • Endo's pipistrelle (P. endoi)
    • P. hanaki
    • Dusky pipistrelle (P. hesperidus)
    • Aellen's pipistrelle (P. inexspectatus)
    • Java pipistrelle (P. javanicus)
    • Kuhl's pipistrelle (P. kuhlii)
    • Madeira pipistrelle (P. maderensis)
    • Minahassa pipistrelle (P. minahassae)
    • Christmas Island pipistrelle (P. murrayi)
    • Tiny pipistrelle (P. nanulus)
    • Nathusius's pipistrelle (P. nathusii)
    • Lesser Papuan pipistrelle (P. papuanus)
    • Mount Popa pipistrelle (P. paterculus)
    • Dar es Salaam pipistrelle (P. permixtus)
    • Common pipistrelle (P. pipistrellus)
    • Soprano pipistrelle (P. pygmaeus)
    • P. raceyi
    • Rüppell's pipistrelle (P. rueppellii)
    • Rusty pipistrelle (P. rusticus)
    • Narrow-winged pipistrelle (P. stenopterus)
    • Sturdee's pipistrelle (P. sturdeei)
    • Least pipistrelle (P. tenuis)
    • Watts's pipistrelle (P. wattsi)
    • Northern pipistrelle (P. westralis)
    Plecotus
    • P. ariel
    • Brown long-eared bat (P. auritus)
    • Grey long-eared bat (P. austriacus)
    • Ethiopian big-eared bat (P. balensis)
    • P. begognae
    • Christie's big-eared bat (P. christiei)
    • P. gaisleri
    • P. homochrous
    • Kolombatovic's long-eared bat (P. kolombatovici)
    • P. kozlovi
    • Alpine long-eared bat (P. macrobullaris)
    • Ognev's long-eared bat (P. ognevi
    • Japanese long-eared bat (P. sacrimontis)
    • Sardinian long-eared bat (P. sardus)
    • P. strelkovi
    • Taiwan big-eared bat (P. taivanus)
    • Canary big-eared bat (P. teneriffae)
    • P. turkmenicus
    • P. wardi
    Rhogeessa
    • Yucatan yellow bat (R. aeneus)
    • Allen's yellow bat (R. alleni)
    • Bickham's little yellow bat (R. bickhami)
    • Genoways's yellow bat (R. genowaysi)
    • Slender yellow bat (R. gracilis)
    • Husson's yellow bat (R. hussoni)
    • Thomas's yellow bat (R. io
    • Menchu's little yellow bat (R. menchuae)
    • Tiny yellow bat (R. minutilla)
    • Least yellow bat (R. mira)
    • Little yellow bat (R. parvula)
    • Black-winged little yellow bat (R. tumida)
    • R. velilla
    Scoteanax
    • Rüppell's broad-nosed bat (S. rueppellii)
    Scotoecus
    • White-bellied lesser house bat (S. albigula)
    • Light-winged lesser house bat (S. albofuscus)
    • Hinde's lesser house bat (S. hindei)
    • Dark-winged lesser house bat (S. hirundo)
    • Desert yellow bat (S. pallidus)
    Scotomanes
    • Harlequin bat (S. ornatus)
    Scotophilus
    • S. alvenslebeni
    • Andrew Rebori's house bat (S. andrewreborii)
    • Lesser yellow bat (S. borbonicus)
    • Sulawesi yellow bat (S. celebensis)
    • Sody's yellow house bat (S. collinus)
    • African yellow bat (S. dinganii)
    • Ejeta's house bat (S. ejetai)
    • Greater Asiatic yellow bat (S. heathii)
    • Lesser Asiatic yellow bat (S. kuhlii)
    • White-bellied yellow bat (S. leucogaster)
    • Livingstone's house bat (S. livingstonii)
    • Marovaza house bat (S. marovaza)
    • Schreber's yellow bat (S. nigrita)
    • S. nigritellus
    • Robbins's yellow bat (S. nucella)
    • Nut-colored yellow bat (S. nux)
    • Robust yellow bat (S. robustus)
    • S. tandrefana
    • Trujillo’s house bat (S. trujilloi)
    • Greenish yellow bat (S. viridis)
    Scotorepens
    • Inland broad-nosed bat (S. balstoni)
    • Little broad-nosed bat (S. greyii)
    • Eastern broad-nosed bat (S. orion)
    • Northern broad-nosed bat (S. sanborni)
    Scotozous
    • Dormer's bat (S. dormeri)
    Tylonycteris
    • T. fulvida
    • T. malayana
    • Lesser bamboo bat (T. pachypus)
    • Pygmy bamboo bat (T. pygmaeus)
    • Greater bamboo bat (T. robustula)
    • T. tonkinensis
    Vespadelus
    • Inland forest bat (V. baverstocki)
    • Northern cave bat (V. caurinus)
    • Large forest bat (V. darlingtoni)
    • Yellow-lipped bat (V. douglasorum)
    • Finlayson's cave bat (V. finlaysoni)
    • Eastern forest bat (V. pumilus)
    • Southern forest bat (V. regulus)
    • Eastern cave bat (V. troughtoni)
    • Little forest bat (V. vulturnus)
    Vespertilio
    • Parti-coloured bat (V. murinus)
    • Asian particolored bat (V. sinensis)
    Taxon identifiers
    Hypsugo macrotis
    Vespertilio macrotis