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Reviewed in part by Bates and Harrison (1997).; [IUCN] This taxon belongs to the ceylonicus subgroup of pipistrellus species group. Two subspecies namely indicus Dobson (1878) and ceylonicus Kelaart (1852) are recognised to represent form from mainland India and Sri Lanka respectively vide Lal (1984) (Bates and Harrison 1997, Srinivasulu and Srinivasulu 2012).; [batnames2023] Subgenus Pipistrellus . Reviewed in part by Bates and Harrison (1997).; [batnames2025_1.7] Subgenus Pipistrellus. Reviewed in part by Bates and Harrison (1997).; [MDD2025_2.2] moved from Pipistrellus to Alionoctula						borneanus, chrysothrix, indicus, raptor, shanorum, subcanus, tonfangensis.	subcanus, indicus, ceylonicus, shanorum, raptor, tonfangensis, borneoensis	ceylonicus, borneanus, indicus, raptor, shanorum, subcanus, tongfangensis	indicus - chrysothrix	ceylonicus, borneanus, indicus, raptor, shanorum, tongfangensis		ceylonicus, borneanus, indicus, raptor, shanorum, subcanus, tongfangensis	indicus - chrysothrix	ceylonicus, indicus, chrysothrix, raptor, shanorum, subcanus, borneanus, tongfangensis	This taxon belongs to the ceylonicus subgroup of pipistrellus species group. Two subspecies namely indicus Dobson (1878) and ceylonicus Kelaart (1852) are recognised to represent form from mainland India and Sri Lanka respectively vide Lal (1984) (Bates and Harrison 1997, Srinivasulu and Srinivasulu 2012).	ceylonicus, borneanus, indicus, raptor, shanorum, subcanus, tongfangensis	indicus - chrysothrix 	ceylonicus, indicus, chrysothrix, raptor, shanorum, subcanus, borneanus, tongfangensis	ceylonicus, indicus, chrysothrix, raptor, shanorum, subcanus, borneanus, tongfangensis	borneanus, ceylonicus, indicus, raptor, shanorum, subcanus, tongfangensis	indicus - chrysothrix	ceylonica (Kelaart, 1852)|indica (Dobson, 1878)|chrysothrix (Wroughton, 1899)|raptor (O. Thomas, 1904)|shanorum (O. Thomas, 1915)|subcana (O. Thomas, 1915)|borneana (J. Edwards Hill, 1963)|tongfangensis (Wang Song in Shaw Tsenhwang, Wang Song, Lu Changkwun, & Chang Luankuang, 1966)|tonfangensis (Koopman, 1994) [incorrect subsequent spelling]		Corbet, G.B. and Hill, J.E. 1980. A World List of Mammalian Species. British Museum (Natural History), London, 226 pp.	Kelaart's pipistrelle	Pakistan – S China, Borneo, Sri Lanka	Honacki, J.H., Kinman, K.E. and Koeppl, J.W. 1982. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Allen Press, Lawrence, 694 pp.	Pipistrellus ceylonicus	Sri Lanka, Trincomalee.	Kelaart	1852	Prodr. Faun. Zeylanica, p. 22.	Distribution: Ranging from Pakistan to Ceylon and east to Hainan, also Borneo.		Corbet, G.B. and Hill, J.E. 1991. A World List of Mammalian Species. Third edition. Oxford University Press, London, 243 pp. ISBN 0-19-854017-5	Kelaart's pipistrelle	Pakistan – S China, Vietnam, Borneo, Sri Lanka	Koopman, K.F. 1993. Order Chiroptera. Pp. 137–242 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 1206 pp.	Kelaart	1852	Prodr. Faun. Zeylanica, p. 22.	Subgenus Pipistrellus.	Pakistan; India; Sri Lanka; Burma; Kwangsi and Hainan (China); Vietnam; Borneo.	Sri Lanka, Trincomalee.		KELAART	1852	Size medium (forearm length, 35-48 mm). Inner upper incisor more or less unicuspid. Outer upper incisor well developed. Anterior upper premolar more or less displaced medially. Rostrum fairly short and relatively broad. Forehead almost flat. Upper canine with a welldeveloped secondary cusp.	Distribution: Ranging from Pakistan to Ceylon and east to Hainan, also Borneo.	Seven subspecies are here recognized:	P. c. subcanus (Pakistan and northwestern India), P. c. indicus (remainder of India), P. c. ceylonicus (Ceylon), P. c. shanorum (Burma), P. c. raptor (Vietnam and extreme southeastern mainland China), P. c. tonfangensis (Hainan), P. c. borneoensis (Borneo).	114	species	P. ceylonicus	KELAART	1852	Pipistrellus	subgenus	Pipistrellus ceylonicus				Size medium (forearm length, 35-48 mm). Inner upper incisor more or less unicuspid. Outer upper incisor well developed. An- terior upper premolar more or less displaced medially. Rostrum fairly short and relatively broad. Forehead almost flat. Upper canine with a welldeveloped secondary cusp.	Seven subspecies are here recognized:		25. P. ceylonicus (KELAART 1852) [ceylonicus group].	25	_A. c. borneana_ (Hill, 1963); _A. c. ceylonica_ (Kelaart, 1852); _A. c. indica_ (Dobson, 1878) (synonyms: _chrysothrix_ (Wroughton, 1899)); _A. c. raptor_ (Thomas, 1904); _A. c. shanorum_ (Thomas, 1915); _A. c. subcana_ (Thomas, 1915); _A. c. tongfangensis_ (Wang, 1966)			Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp. (Available from Johns Hopkins University Press, 1-800-537-5487 or (410) 516-6900, or at http://www.press.jhu.edu).	CHIROPTERA	Vespertilionidae	Vespertilioninae	Pipistrellini	Pipistrellus ceylonicus	Pipistrellus	Pipistrellus	ceylonicus	Kelaart	y	1852		Prodr. Faun. Zeylanica			22		Kelaart's Pipistrelle	Sri Lanka, Trincomalee.	Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Burma, Kwangsi and Hainan (China), Vietnam, Borneo.	IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).	borneanus Hill, 1963; indicus Dobson, 1878; chrysothrix Wroughton, 1899; raptor Thomas, 1904; shanorum Thomas, 1915; subcanus Thomas, 1915; tongfangensis Wang, 1966.	Subgenus Pipistrellus. Reviewed in part by Bates and Harrison (1997).	4C3D87E8FFED6A52FF4895151B5EB694	Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 9 Bats, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions	978-84-16728-19-0	hbmw_9_Vespertilionidae_716.pdf.imf	hash://md5/b004ff90fffb6a44fffc96591e00bb32	780	zip:hash://sha256/ec5fd314a06aba1a7b0b72f23e54ac625ae272bd98f82f1d01f4c09627d9e8e0!/treatments-xml-main/data/4C/3D/87/4C3D87E8FFED6A52FF4895151B5EB694.xml	Pipistrellus ceylonicus	Vespertilionidae	Pipistrellus	ceylonicus		1852	Pipistrelle de Kelaart @fr | Sri-Lanka-Zwergfledermaus @de | Pipistrela de Kelaart @es | Black Gilded Pipistrelle @en	Scotophilus ceylonicus Kelaart, 1852 , Trincomalee, Sri Lanka . All populations of P. ceylonicus on the mainland Indian subcontinent are considered to represent a single subspecies, and the name subcanusis synonymized under indicus based on a lack of morphological differentiation. Six subspecies recognized.	P.c.ceylonicusKelaart,1852—SriLanka. P.c.borneanusHill,1963—knownonlyfrom MtTrusMadi,NBorneo(onespecimen). P.c.indicusDobson,1878—E&SEPakistan(PunjabandSind),India,andBangladesh. P.c.raptorThomas,1904—SChina(SGuangxiandWeizhouI)andNVietnam. P.c.shanorumThomas,1915=ECMyanmar. P. c. tongfangensis Wang Sung, 1966 — Hainan I.	Head-body 45-64 mm, tail 30-45 mm, ear 9-14 mm, hindfoot 6-11 mm, forearm 33-42 mm; weight 7-10 g. Pelage of Kelaart’s Pipistrelle is silky. Dorsum varies from gray-brown to golden brown or chestnut to blackish brown, with orangish sheen; venter is paler medium brown and only slightly paler than dorsum. Ears, face, and membranes are uniformly dark brown. Ears are large and bluntly pointed; tragus is broadly rounded and relatively straight. Baculum (3-:8-4-1 mm long) has bilobated base, thin shaft, and bifurcated tip and is nearly straight but a little sinuous. Skull is large and robust, with robust rostrum; zygomatic arches are thin and lack processes; forehead region is sloped or slightly domed; C' usually has distinct secondary cusp (not present in holotype for shanorum); P* is subequal in area to I? and is displaced inward from tooth row; C' and P* do not touch; and lower molars are nyctalodont. Chromosomal complement has 2n = 36 and FN = 48 ( India ).	Various habitats including arid regions and humid mountainous forests from sea level up to elevations of ¢. 2150 m .	Kelaart’s Pipistrelle is insectivorous and a fast and erratic flier, flying higher and straighter as night progresses. It forages mainly on beetles, moths,flies ( Diptera ), and other insects.	Breeding ecology of Kelaart’s Pipistrelle has been studied in Maharashtra , central India . Kelaart’s Pipistrelle seems to be seasonally monoestrous. Copulation occurs in the first two weeks of June, and ovulation and fertilization takes place in the second week ofJuly. Delayed fertilization lasted c.2-5 weeks in captive studies and seems to last c.1 month in wild individuals. Sperm is stored in female reproductive tract until fertilization occurs. Gestation lasts 50-55 days, and litter size is 1-3 young (almost always two). Young weigh c.1-3 g at birth and open their eyes after c.72 hours. They become hairy at c.6-8 days old. Young nurse for 25-30 days before being weaned, and lactating females are not seen by the third week of October. There does not seem to be any reproductive activity in October—May. Sexual maturity is attained before one year of age, and breeding starts during the following summer. In Sri Lanka , females in advanced pregnancy were collected in the first week of September, suggesting a different reproductive pattern.	Kelaart’s Pipistrelle is nocturnal, leaving roosts early in the evening to forage (almost as soon as the sun sets). It roosts in rural and urban human houses, old dilapidated buildings, crevices, cracks in walls, tree hollows, holes in trees, caves, wells, and old temples and under overhanging ledges. Flights include numerous twists and turns but are also straight. Search-call shape is FM, and calls recorded in southern India had maximum frequencies of98-7-103-8 kHz (average 101-7 kHz), minimum frequencies of 32-4-33-3 kHz (32-8 kHz), frequencies of maximum energy of 41-3-49-9 kHz (44 kHz), and durations of 1-1-1-9 milliseconds (1-4 milliseconds). In southern India , the reddish parachute spider (Poecilotheria rufilata) reportedly preys on Kelaart’s Pipistrelles.	Kelaart’s Pipistrelle roosts alone or in colonies of up to 200 individuals. Females far outnumber males throughout the year, but birth ratio is 1:1, suggesting that mortality of males is much higher than that of females.	Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. Kelaart’s Pipistrelle is widespread and relatively common throughoutits distribution.	Bates & Harrison (1997) | Bates, Hutson, Schlitter et al. (2008) | Bates, Nwe Tin et al. (2005) | Corbet & Hill (1992) | Das etal. (2012) | Francis (2008a) | Gopalakrishna & Madhavan (1971, 1972) | Gopalakrishna et al. (1988) | Hill (1963b) | Hill & Harrison (1987) | Khan (2001) | Kruskop (2013a) | Lal (1984) | Madhavan (1971) | Perveen & Rahman (2015) | Raghuram et al. (2014) | Sinha (1986) | Smith & Xie Yan (2008) | Sreepada et al. (1996)	https://zenodo.org/record/6397850/files/figure.png	38. Kelaart’s Pipistrelle Pipistrellus ceylonicus French: Pipistrelle de Kelaart / German: Sri-Lanka-Zwergfledermaus / Spanish: Pipistrela de Kelaart Other common names: Black Gilded Pipistrelle Taxonomy. Scotophilus ceylonicus Kelaart, 1852 , Trincomalee, Sri Lanka . All populations of P. ceylonicus on the mainland Indian subcontinent are considered to represent a single subspecies, and the name subcanusis synonymized under indicus based on a lack of morphological differentiation. Six subspecies recognized. Subspecies and Distribution. P.c.ceylonicusKelaart,1852—SriLanka. P.c.borneanusHill,1963—knownonlyfrom MtTrusMadi,NBorneo(onespecimen). P.c.indicusDobson,1878—E&SEPakistan(PunjabandSind),India,andBangladesh. P.c.raptorThomas,1904—SChina(SGuangxiandWeizhouI)andNVietnam. P.c.shanorumThomas,1915=ECMyanmar. P. c. tongfangensis Wang Sung, 1966 — Hainan I. Descriptive notes. Head-body 45-64 mm, tail 30-45 mm, ear 9-14 mm, hindfoot 6-11 mm, forearm 33-42 mm; weight 7-10 g. Pelage of Kelaart’s Pipistrelle is silky. Dorsum varies from gray-brown to golden brown or chestnut to blackish brown, with orangish sheen; venter is paler medium brown and only slightly paler than dorsum. Ears, face, and membranes are uniformly dark brown. Ears are large and bluntly pointed; tragus is broadly rounded and relatively straight. Baculum (3-:8-4-1 mm long) has bilobated base, thin shaft, and bifurcated tip and is nearly straight but a little sinuous. Skull is large and robust, with robust rostrum; zygomatic arches are thin and lack processes; forehead region is sloped or slightly domed; C' usually has distinct secondary cusp (not present in holotype for shanorum); P* is subequal in area to I? and is displaced inward from tooth row; C' and P* do not touch; and lower molars are nyctalodont. Chromosomal complement has 2n = 36 and FN = 48 ( India ). Habitat. Various habitats including arid regions and humid mountainous forests from sea level up to elevations of ¢. 2150 m . Food and Feeding. Kelaart’s Pipistrelle is insectivorous and a fast and erratic flier, flying higher and straighter as night progresses. It forages mainly on beetles, moths,flies ( Diptera ), and other insects. Breeding. Breeding ecology of Kelaart’s Pipistrelle has been studied in Maharashtra , central India . Kelaart’s Pipistrelle seems to be seasonally monoestrous. Copulation occurs in the first two weeks of June, and ovulation and fertilization takes place in the second week ofJuly. Delayed fertilization lasted c.2-5 weeks in captive studies and seems to last c.1 month in wild individuals. Sperm is stored in female reproductive tract until fertilization occurs. Gestation lasts 50-55 days, and litter size is 1-3 young (almost always two). Young weigh c.1-3 g at birth and open their eyes after c.72 hours. They become hairy at c.6-8 days old. Young nurse for 25-30 days before being weaned, and lactating females are not seen by the third week of October. There does not seem to be any reproductive activity in October—May. Sexual maturity is attained before one year of age, and breeding starts during the following summer. In Sri Lanka , females in advanced pregnancy were collected in the first week of September, suggesting a different reproductive pattern. Activity patterns. Kelaart’s Pipistrelle is nocturnal, leaving roosts early in the evening to forage (almost as soon as the sun sets). It roosts in rural and urban human houses, old dilapidated buildings, crevices, cracks in walls, tree hollows, holes in trees, caves, wells, and old temples and under overhanging ledges. Flights include numerous twists and turns but are also straight. Search-call shape is FM, and calls recorded in southern India had maximum frequencies of98-7-103-8 kHz (average 101-7 kHz), minimum frequencies of 32-4-33-3 kHz (32-8 kHz), frequencies of maximum energy of 41-3-49-9 kHz (44 kHz), and durations of 1-1-1-9 milliseconds (1-4 milliseconds). In southern India , the reddish parachute spider (Poecilotheria rufilata) reportedly preys on Kelaart’s Pipistrelles. Movements, Home range and Social organization. Kelaart’s Pipistrelle roosts alone or in colonies of up to 200 individuals. Females far outnumber males throughout the year, but birth ratio is 1:1, suggesting that mortality of males is much higher than that of females. Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. Kelaart’s Pipistrelle is widespread and relatively common throughoutits distribution. Bibliography. Bates & Harrison (1997), Bates, Hutson, Schlitter et al. (2008), Bates, Nwe Tin et al. (2005), Corbet & Hill (1992), Das etal. (2012), Francis (2008a), Gopalakrishna & Madhavan (1971, 1972), Gopalakrishna et al. (1988), Hill (1963b), Hill & Harrison (1987), Khan (2001), Kruskop (2013a), Lal (1984), Madhavan (1971), Perveen & Rahman (2015), Raghuram et al. (2014), Sinha (1986), Smith & Xie Yan (2008), Sreepada et al. (1996).	Simmons, N.B. and A.L. Cirranello. 2022B. Bat Species of the World: A taxonomic and geographic database. Accessed on 10/11/2022.	Vespertilionidae	Pipistrellus ceylonicus	Pipistrellus	Pipistrellus	ceylonicus	Kelaart	1852	1	Prodr. Faun. Zeylanica	p. 22	Kelaart's Pipistrelle	<b> borneanus </b> Hill, 1963; <b> indicus </b>Dobson, 1878; chrysothrix Wroughton, 1899; <b> raptor </b>Thomas, 1904; <b> shanorum </b>Thomas, 1915; <b> subcanus </b>Thomas, 1915;<b> tongfangensis </b>Wang, 1966.	Sri Lanka, Trincomalee.	Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Burma, Kwangsi and Hainan (China), Vietnam, Borneo.	Not listed.	Least Concern	Subgenus Pipistrellus . Reviewed in part by Bates and Harrison (1997).	Mammal Diversity Database. (2023). Mammal Diversity Database (Version 1.11) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7830771 released 15 April 2023	Pipistrellus ceylonicus	23	Kelaart's Pipistrelle	Black Gilded Pipistrelle	Theria	Placentalia	Boreoeutheria	Laurasiatheria	CHIROPTERA	VESPERTILIONIFORMES	NA	NA	VESPERTILIONOIDEA	VESPERTILIONIDAE	VESPERTILIONINAE	PIPISTRELLINI	Pipistrellus	NA	ceylonicus	Kelaart	1852	1						Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.			ceylonicus (Kelaart, 1852)|indicus (Dobson, 1878)|chrysothrix Wroughton, 1899|raptor O. Thomas, 1904|shanorum O. Thomas, 1915|subcanus O. Thomas, 1915|borneanus J. Edwards Hill, 1963|tongfangensis Wang Sung in Shaw Tsenhwang, Wang Sung, Lu Changkwun, & Chang Luankuang, 1966	NA	NA	Pakistan|India|Sri Lanka|Bangladesh|China|Vietnam|Myanmar|Laos?|Malaysia	Asia	Indomalaya|Palearctic	LC	0	0	0	Pipistrellus_ceylonicus	0	sciname match	Pipistrellus_ceylonicus	0	IUCN. 2022. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-1. https://www.iucnredlist.org. Accessed on [28 September, 2022].	17332	Pipistrellus ceylonicus	ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	CHIROPTERA	VESPERTILIONIDAE	Pipistrellus	ceylonicus	(Kelaart, 1852)	This taxon belongs to the ceylonicus subgroup of pipistrellus species group. Two subspecies namely indicus Dobson (1878) and ceylonicus Kelaart (1852) are recognised to represent form from mainland India and Sri Lanka respectively vide Lal (1984) (Bates and Harrison 1997, Srinivasulu and Srinivasulu 2012).	20000000	Pipistrellus ceylonicus	Least Concern		2019	2018-08-31 00:00:00 UTC	3.1	English	Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, presumed large population, it occurs in a number of protected areas, has a tolerance of a degree of habitat modification, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.	This species can be found in varied habitats from arid regions to humid montane forests. It roosts in human habitations in both rural and urban areas, in old dilapidated buildings, crevices and cracks in walls, tree hollows, holes in trees, caves, wells, old temples, under overhanging ledges. It roosts either singly or in colonies of few hundred individuals. It is an early flyer and its flight includes numerous twists and turns and also goes straight and hunts mainly beetles, moths, flies and other insects. Two young are born after a gestation period of 50-55 days (Bates and Harrison 1997).	There appear to be no major threats to this widespread and somewhat adaptable species however, it is locally threatened in some areas by hunting for local consumption and medicinal purposes (Molur et al . 2002).	This is a widely distributed and a common species.	Stable	This species is largely distributed in South Asia, with additional populations recorded in China and Southeast Asia. In South Asia it is presently known from Bangladesh (no exact location), India (Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Goa, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal), Pakistan (Punjab and Sind) and Sri Lanka (Central, Eastern, Uva and Western provinces) (Khan 2001; Molur et al. 2002; Srinivasulu and Srinivasulu 2005, 2012). In China, it has been recorded from south Guangxi and Hainan Island (Smith and Xie 2008). In Southeast Asia, there are reports of this species from northern Myanmar, northern Viet Nam, and Sabah (Malaysia) on the island of Borneo (at 1,300 m asl).	In some parts of India, individuals of this species are killed and preserved for display in sealed photo frames that are then exported outside of the country.	Terrestrial	Although there are no direct conservation measures in place, the species is found in many protected areas in India.	Indomalayan		FALSE	FALSE	Global	Simmons, N. B., & Cirranello, A. L. (2023). Batnames.org Species List Version 1.4 (1.4). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8136157 	Vespertilionidae	Pipistrellus	Pipistrellus	ceylonicus	Kelaart	1852	1	Prodr. Faun. Zeylanica	p. 22	Kelaart's Pipistrelle	<b> borneanus </b> Hill, 1963; <b> indicus </b>Dobson, 1878; chrysothrix Wroughton, 1899; <b> raptor </b>Thomas, 1904; <b> shanorum </b>Thomas, 1915; <b> subcanus </b>Thomas, 1915;<b> tongfangensis </b>Wang, 1966.	Sri Lanka, Trincomalee.	Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Burma, Kwangsi and Hainan (China), Vietnam, Borneo.	Not listed.	Least Concern	Subgenus Pipistrellus . Reviewed in part by Bates and Harrison (1997).	Pipistrellus ceylonicus	1005613	23	Kelaart's Pipistrelle	Black Gilded Pipistrelle	Theria	Placentalia	Boreoeutheria	Laurasiatheria	CHIROPTERA	VESPERTILIONIFORMES	NA	NA	VESPERTILIONOIDEA	Vespertilionidae	VESPERTILIONINAE	PIPISTRELLINI	Pipistrellus	NA	ceylonicus	Kelaart	1852	1						Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.			ceylonicus (Kelaart, 1852)|indicus (Dobson, 1878)|chrysothrix Wroughton, 1899|raptor O. Thomas, 1904|shanorum O. Thomas, 1915|subcanus O. Thomas, 1915|borneanus J. Edwards Hill, 1963|tongfangensis Wang Sung in Shaw Tsenhwang, Wang Sung, Lu Changkwun, & Chang Luankuang, 1966	NA	NA				Pakistan|India|Sri Lanka|Bangladesh|China|Vietnam|Myanmar|Laos?|Malaysia	Asia	Indomalaya|Palearctic	LC	0	0	0	Pipistrellus_ceylonicus	0	sciname match	Pipistrellus_ceylonicus	0	Burgin, C. J., Zijlstra, J. S., Becker, M. A., Handika, H., Alston, J. M., Widness, J., Liphardt, S., Huckaby, D. G., and Upham, N. S. (2025). How many mammal species are there now? Updates and trends in taxonomic, nomenclatural, and geographic knowledge. Journal of Mammalogy in revision: TBD. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.02.27.640393	Alionoctula_ceylonica	1005613	23	Kelaart's Pipistrelle	Black Gilded Pipistrelle	Theria	Placentalia	Boreoeutheria	Laurasiatheria	Chiroptera	Yangochiroptera	NA	NA	Vespertilionoidea	Vespertilionidae	Vespertilioninae	Pipistrellini	Alionoctula	NA	ceylonica	Kelaart	1	Scotophilus ceylonicus	Kelaart, E.F. 1852. Prodromus Faunæ Zeylonicæ; being Contributions to the Zoology of Ceylon. Printed for the Author, London, 197 pp.	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257269				Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.			moved from Pipistrellus to Alionoctula	Zhukova, S. S., Yuzefovich, A. P., Lebedev, V. S., & Kruskop, S. V. (2025). Reassessment of the Taxonomic Borders Within Pipistrellus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae, Pipistrellini). Diversity, 17(5), 317.				Pakistan|India|Sri Lanka|Bangladesh|China|Vietnam|Myanmar|Laos?|Malaysia	Asia	Indomalaya|Palearctic	LC	0	0	0	Pipistrellus_ceylonicus	0	sciname match	Pipistrellus_ceylonicus	0	Simmons, N. B., & Cirranello, A. L. (2025). Batnames.org Species List Version 1.7 (1.7). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14796586	Vespertilionidae	Pipistrellus	Pipistrellus	ceylonicus	Kelaart	1852	1	Prodr. Faun. Zeylanica	p. 22	Kelaart's Pipistrelle	borneanus Hill, 1963; indicus Dobson, 1878; chrysothrix Wroughton, 1899; raptor Thomas, 1904; shanorum Thomas, 1915; subcanus Thomas, 1915; tongfangensis Wang, 1966.	Sri Lanka, Trincomalee.	Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Burma, Kwangsi and Hainan (China), Vietnam, Borneo.	<a href='https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php' target='_blank'>Not Listed</a>	<a href='https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/17332/22130600/' target='_blank'>Least Concern</a>	Subgenus Pipistrellus. Reviewed in part by Bates and Harrison (1997).		Mammal Diversity Database. (2025). Mammal Diversity Database (Version 2.2) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15007505	NA	Pipistrellus ceylonicus; Pipistrellus ceylonicus; Pipistrellus ceylonicus; Pipistrellus ceylonicus; Pipistrellus ceylonicus; Pipistrellus ceylonicus; ceylonicus; borneanus; indicus; raptor; shanorum; subcanus; tongfangensis; indicus - chrysothrix; ceylonicus; borneanus; indicus; raptor; shanorum; tongfangensis; borneanus; indicus; raptor; shanorum; subcanus; tongfangensis; indicus - chrysothrix; ceylonicus; indicus; chrysothrix; raptor; shanorum; subcanus; borneanus; tongfangensis; Pipistrelle de Kelaart; Sri-Lanka-Zwergfledermaus; Pipistrela de Kelaart; Black Gilded Pipistrelle; Kelaart's Pipistrelle; Black Gilded Pipistrelle; Kelaart's Pipistrelle; Kelaart's Pipistrelle; P. ceylonicus