Peters's pipistrelle

Peters's pipistrelle
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Vespertilionidae
Genus:	Hypsugo
Species:	H. petersi
Binomial name
Hypsugo petersi (Meyer, 1899)
Synonyms
Pipistrellus petersi (Meyer, 1899) Falsistrellus petersi

The Peters's pipistrelle (Hypsugo petersi) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines.

Formerly classified in the genus Falsistrellus, phylogenetic evidence supports it belonging to the genus Hypsugo.^[2][3]

References

1. Görföl, T.; Struebig, M.; Tabaranza, B.; Francis, C.M.; Rosell-Ambal, R.G.B.; Kingston, T. (2016). "Falsistrellus petersi" (PDF). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T17359A22125873. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T17359A22125873.en.
2. Görföl, Tamás; Csorba, Gábor (2018-11-01). "Integrative taxonomy places Asian species of Falsistrellus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) into Hypsugo". Mammalian Biology. 93: 56–63. Bibcode:2018MamBi..93...56G. doi:10.1016/j.mambio.2018.08.004. ISSN 1616-5047. S2CID 92446114.
3. Mammal Diversity Database (2021-08-10), Mammal Diversity Database, doi:10.5281/zenodo.5175993, retrieved 2021-09-19