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In 1987, Arielulus was established as a subgenus within Pipustrellus. In 1999, G. Csorba and Lee Lingling concluded that Arielulus was distinct from Pipistrellus , raising it to generic rank, with Thainycteris as a junior synonym; these two were later split. Arielulus societatis and A. cuprosus were at times regarded as merely lowland forms of A. circumdatus . Chinese populations have sometimes been separated as race drungicus , but they differ only in minor dental characters; Vietnamese (Dalat Plateau) specimens are slightly smaller with less red than those from Nepal ; more research is needed to assess the degree of intraspecific variation. Monotypic.; [batnames2022] Heller and Volleth (1984) included this taxon in societatis , but see Hill and Francis (1984) and Corbet and Hill (1992).; [IUCN] This species was sometimes placed under Pipistrellus (Hill, Harrison, 1987) or Eptesicus (Volleth, Heller, 1994); allocation to separate genus Arielulus was proposed and argued by Csorba and Lee (1999).; [batnames2023] Heller and Volleth (1984) included this taxon in societatis , but see Hill and Francis (1984) and Corbet and Hill (1992).; [batnames2025_1.7] Heller and Volleth (1984) included this taxon in societatis, but see Hill and Francis (1984) and Corbet and Hill (1992).						drungicus.	drungicus, circumdatus				drungicus	circumdatus	circumdatus - drungicus	circumdatus, drungicus	This species was sometimes placed under Pipistrellus (Hill, Harrison, 1987) or Eptesicus (Volleth, Heller, 1994); allocation to separate genus Arielulus was proposed and argued by Csorba and Lee (1999).	circumdatus	circumdatus - drungicus	circumdatus, drungicus	circumdatus, drungicus	circumdatus	circumdatus - drungicus	circumdatus (Temminck, 1840)|drungicus (Wang Yingxiang, 1982)		Corbet, G.B. and Hill, J.E. 1980. A World List of Mammalian Species. British Museum (Natural History), London, 226 pp.	Gilded black pipistrelle	N Burma – Java	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 circumdatus	Indonesia, Java, Tapos.	Temminck	1840	Monogr. Mamm., 2:214.	Distribution: Known from India, Burma, southwestern China, Malaya, and Java.		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	Gilded black pipistrelle	N Burma, Malaya, Java	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.	Temminck	1840	Monogr. Mamm., 2:214.	Subgenus Arielulus.	Java, W Malaysia, Burma, NE India, SW China.	Indonesia, Java, Tapos.		TEMMINCK	1835	Size fairly large (forearm length, 37-44 mm). Inner upper incisor unicuspid or faintly bicuspid. Anterior upper premolar greatly reduced but present and displaced medially. Rostrum relatively short and broad, with prominent supraorbital ridges and median sulcus. Forehead fairly concave. Braincase inflated with well developed basicranial pits.	Distribution: Known from India, Burma, southwestern China, Malaya, and Java.	Two subspecies:	P. c. drungicus (southwestern China), P. c. circumdatus (remainder of range).	115	species	P. circumdatus	TEMMINCK	1835	Arielulus	subgenus	Pipistrellus circumdatus				Size fairly large (forearm length, 37-44 mm). Inner upper incisor unicuspid or faintly bicuspid. Anterior upper premolar greatly reduced but present and displaced medially. Rostrum relatively short and broad, with prominent supraorbital ridges and median sulcus. Forehead fairly concave. Braincase inflated with well developed basicranial pits.	Two subspecies:		40. P. circumdatus (TEMMINCK 1835).	40	NA			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	Eptesicini	Arielulus circumdatus	Arielulus		circumdatus	Temminck	y	1840		Monogr. Mamm.	2		214		Bronze Sprite	Indonesia, Java, Tapos.	Java (Indonesia), W Malaysia, Cambodia, Thailand, Burma, NE India, Nepal, SW China.	IUCN 2003 Lower Risk (lc) as Arielulus circumdatus; IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc) as Pipistrellus circumdatus.	drungicus Wang, 1982.	Heller and Volleth (1984) included this taxon in societatis, but see Hill and Francis (1984) and Corbet and Hill (1992).	4C3D87E8FFBE6A01FF87936417F4BE28	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	827	zip:hash://sha256/ec5fd314a06aba1a7b0b72f23e54ac625ae272bd98f82f1d01f4c09627d9e8e0!/treatments-xml-main/data/4C/3D/87/4C3D87E8FFBE6A01FF87936417F4BE28.xml	Arielulus circumdatus	Vespertilionidae	Arielulus	circumdatus		1840	Farfadet a oreilles bordées @fr | Bronzefarbene Elfenfledermaus @de | Arielulus bronceado @es | Black-gilded Pipistrelle @en	Vespertilio circumdatus Temminck, 1840 , “L’ile de Java , dans le district sauvage de Tapos,” Indonesia . Current members of Arielulus were long treated as a species group within Pipustrellus, or sometimes Eptesicus , on the grounds of karyology and bacular morphology. In 1987, Arielulus was established as a subgenus within Pipustrellus. In 1999, G. Csorba and Lee Lingling concluded that Arielulus was distinct from Pipistrellus , raising it to generic rank, with Thainycteris as a junior synonym; these two were later split. Arielulus societatis and A. cuprosus were at times regarded as merely lowland forms of A. circumdatus . Chinese populations have sometimes been separated as race drungicus , but they differ only in minor dental characters; Vietnamese (Dalat Plateau) specimens are slightly smaller with less red than those from Nepal ; more research is needed to assess the degree of intraspecific variation. Monotypic.	Patchily distributed in Nepal , NE India ( Sikkim , Assam , Meghalaya , and Mizoram ), Myanmar ( Kachin State ), SC China ( Yunnan and Guangdong ), Thailand , Vietnam , Cambodia , Peninsular Malaysia (Fraser’s Hill in Pahang Province ), and Java; it may occur more widely in S China .	Head-body 46-58 mm,tail 36-46 mm, ear 10-15 mm, hindfoot 7-10 mm, forearm 38-6—44-3 mm; weight 6-2-17-3 g. The Bronze Sprite resembles some serotines ( Neoromicia spp. ) in appearance, but with broader and short muzzle and very distinct pelage. Fur is long and soft; upperparts essentially black, but some hairs have distinctive ferruginous tips, giving an almost orange sheen to head and back; ventral surface is uniform brown, paler than back (hair roots slightly darker than tips). Ears are medium-sized, with distinct lobe at base near eye, dark brown with pale (buffy) anterior and posterior margins; tragus similar to that of Hypsugo , less than one-half ear length, bluntly pointed on tip, slightly convex posteriorly and concave anteriorly, also with pale rims. Membranes are uniform dark brown and essentially naked. Baculum is very small, Y-shaped, with paired basal lobes and short shaft. Skull is large; rostrum is very broad, relatively short, and sharply angulated inward posterior to lacrimal projections; distinct supraorbital and postorbital ridges are present; braincase is large, with slight indication ofsagittal and lambdoid crests; in dorsal profile, there is concavity in supraorbital region; zygomata are broad, especially posteriorly; palatal length exceeds breadth; and basisphenoid pits are well developed. P? varies in size, and is displaced inward from tooth row, occasionally absent or present only on one side, and situated in angle between C' and P*; I* is robust and bicuspidate; C' is robust and lacks a secondary cusp; P, is in tooth row, and has one-third crown area of P,. Condylo-canine lengths are 12:2-15-6 mm, maxillary tooth row lengths are 5-5—6-5 mm. Dental formula for all species of Arielulusis 12/3, C1/1,P1-2/2,.M 3/3 (x2) = 32-34.	Montane forests and secondary teak forest. In Myanmar , found at 1940 m in temperate forest consisting of oaks, laurels, and rhododendrons. In Vietnam , found in wet evergreen forests and mixed broadleaf and coniferous forest (Dalat Plateau, 1400-1700 m). In Cambodia , recorded in undisturbed forest. In Nepal , found in a partly deforested area and in primary forest. In Nanling Mountains, Guangdong , southern China , occurs in broadleaf evergreen forests. Recorded at elevations of 1300-2100 m.	Feces collected in Vietnam (Danim River Valley) contained fragments of thick, bright chitin, indicating the presence of large Anomala beetles ( Coleoptera ) in its diet.	In Nepal , in May each of four captured females carried one near-term embryo in the right uterine horn. The breeding season in Guangdong may start in June or July, with subadults captured in July.	Bronze Sprites are nocturnal. In Nepal they have been observed in a ravine along the Bhurungdi River, leaving their roost to forage, flying downstream at and above canopy level; some were observed hunting around the canopy in small clearings in montane forest. Flight is fast and less maneuverable than that of Pipustrellus. In Vietnam , the species was usually observed soon after sunset, foraging along the forest edges or over clearings and corn fields at ¢.5-20 m aboveground. In primary Fokienia ( Cupressaceae ) forest ( 1300 m ) at Vu Quang, central Vietnam , seen flying at canopy or subcanopy level above a stream, in relatively uncluttered space. Echolocation call is fairly high-intensity, probably with a steep to shallow FM sweep, and maximum energy at ¢.45-50 kHz (frequency range not determined). In Vietnam , echolocation calls were shallow FM with maximum energy at 35-40 kHz. In China , FM calls with frequencies of 36-112-6 kHz (main frequencies 52-1-62-3 kHz).	No information.	Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List.	Abramov et al. (2010) | Bates & Harrison (1997) | Bates, Bumrungsri et al. (2008) | Bates, Nwe Tin et al. (2005) | Boitani et al. (2006) | Corbet & Hill (1992) | Csorba & Lee Lingling (1999) | Csorba et al. (1999) | Eller man & Morrison-Scott (1966) | Francis (2008a) | Francis et al. (2010) | Gorfol et al. (2019) | Guo Weijian et al. (2017) | Heller & Volleth (1984, 1989) | Hendrichsen, Bates & Hayes(2001) | Hill & Francis (1984) | Hill & Harrison (1987) | Kruskop (2013) | Lim et al. (2017) | Matveev (2005) | Medway (1983) | Mohd-Hanif et al.(2015) | Pearch & Writer (2009) | Simmons (2005) | Smith & Xie Yan (2008) | Wang Yingxiang (1982, 2003) | Zhang Libiao et al. (2014)	https://zenodo.org/record/6398069/files/figure.png	141. Bronze Sprite Arielulus circumdatus French: Farfadet a oreilles bordées / German: Bronzefarbene Elfenfledermaus / Spanish: Arielulus bronceado Other common names: Black-gilded Pipistrelle Taxonomy. Vespertilio circumdatus Temminck, 1840 , “L’ile de Java , dans le district sauvage de Tapos,” Indonesia . Current members of Arielulus were long treated as a species group within Pipustrellus, or sometimes Eptesicus , on the grounds of karyology and bacular morphology. In 1987, Arielulus was established as a subgenus within Pipustrellus. In 1999, G. Csorba and Lee Lingling concluded that Arielulus was distinct from Pipistrellus , raising it to generic rank, with Thainycteris as a junior synonym; these two were later split. Arielulus societatis and A. cuprosus were at times regarded as merely lowland forms of A. circumdatus . Chinese populations have sometimes been separated as race drungicus , but they differ only in minor dental characters; Vietnamese (Dalat Plateau) specimens are slightly smaller with less red than those from Nepal ; more research is needed to assess the degree of intraspecific variation. Monotypic. Distribution. Patchily distributed in Nepal , NE India ( Sikkim , Assam , Meghalaya , and Mizoram ), Myanmar ( Kachin State ), SC China ( Yunnan and Guangdong ), Thailand , Vietnam , Cambodia , Peninsular Malaysia (Fraser’s Hill in Pahang Province ), and Java; it may occur more widely in S China . Descriptive notes. Head-body 46-58 mm,tail 36-46 mm, ear 10-15 mm, hindfoot 7-10 mm, forearm 38-6—44-3 mm; weight 6-2-17-3 g. The Bronze Sprite resembles some serotines ( Neoromicia spp. ) in appearance, but with broader and short muzzle and very distinct pelage. Fur is long and soft; upperparts essentially black, but some hairs have distinctive ferruginous tips, giving an almost orange sheen to head and back; ventral surface is uniform brown, paler than back (hair roots slightly darker than tips). Ears are medium-sized, with distinct lobe at base near eye, dark brown with pale (buffy) anterior and posterior margins; tragus similar to that of Hypsugo , less than one-half ear length, bluntly pointed on tip, slightly convex posteriorly and concave anteriorly, also with pale rims. Membranes are uniform dark brown and essentially naked. Baculum is very small, Y-shaped, with paired basal lobes and short shaft. Skull is large; rostrum is very broad, relatively short, and sharply angulated inward posterior to lacrimal projections; distinct supraorbital and postorbital ridges are present; braincase is large, with slight indication ofsagittal and lambdoid crests; in dorsal profile, there is concavity in supraorbital region; zygomata are broad, especially posteriorly; palatal length exceeds breadth; and basisphenoid pits are well developed. P? varies in size, and is displaced inward from tooth row, occasionally absent or present only on one side, and situated in angle between C' and P*; I* is robust and bicuspidate; C' is robust and lacks a secondary cusp; P, is in tooth row, and has one-third crown area of P,. Condylo-canine lengths are 12:2-15-6 mm, maxillary tooth row lengths are 5-5—6-5 mm. Dental formula for all species of Arielulusis 12/3, C1/1,P1-2/2,.M 3/3 (x2) = 32-34. Habitat. Montane forests and secondary teak forest. In Myanmar , found at 1940 m in temperate forest consisting of oaks, laurels, and rhododendrons. In Vietnam , found in wet evergreen forests and mixed broadleaf and coniferous forest (Dalat Plateau, 1400-1700 m). In Cambodia , recorded in undisturbed forest. In Nepal , found in a partly deforested area and in primary forest. In Nanling Mountains, Guangdong , southern China , occurs in broadleaf evergreen forests. Recorded at elevations of 1300-2100 m. Food and Feeding. Feces collected in Vietnam (Danim River Valley) contained fragments of thick, bright chitin, indicating the presence of large Anomala beetles ( Coleoptera ) in its diet. Breeding. In Nepal , in May each of four captured females carried one near-term embryo in the right uterine horn. The breeding season in Guangdong may start in June or July, with subadults captured in July. Activity patterns. Bronze Sprites are nocturnal. In Nepal they have been observed in a ravine along the Bhurungdi River, leaving their roost to forage, flying downstream at and above canopy level; some were observed hunting around the canopy in small clearings in montane forest. Flight is fast and less maneuverable than that of Pipustrellus. In Vietnam , the species was usually observed soon after sunset, foraging along the forest edges or over clearings and corn fields at ¢.5-20 m aboveground. In primary Fokienia ( Cupressaceae ) forest ( 1300 m ) at Vu Quang, central Vietnam , seen flying at canopy or subcanopy level above a stream, in relatively uncluttered space. Echolocation call is fairly high-intensity, probably with a steep to shallow FM sweep, and maximum energy at ¢.45-50 kHz (frequency range not determined). In Vietnam , echolocation calls were shallow FM with maximum energy at 35-40 kHz. In China , FM calls with frequencies of 36-112-6 kHz (main frequencies 52-1-62-3 kHz). Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information. Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. Bibliography. Abramov et al. (2010), Bates & Harrison (1997), Bates, Bumrungsri et al. (2008), Bates, Nwe Tin et al. (2005), Boitani et al. (2006), Corbet & Hill (1992), Csorba & Lee Lingling (1999), Csorba et al. (1999), Eller man & Morrison-Scott (1966), Francis (2008a), Francis et al. (2010), Gorfol et al. (2019), Guo Weijian et al. (2017), Heller & Volleth (1984, 1989), Hendrichsen, Bates & Hayes(2001), Hill & Francis (1984), Hill & Harrison (1987), Kruskop (2013), Lim et al. (2017), Matveev (2005), Medway (1983), Mohd-Hanif et al.(2015), Pearch & Writer (2009), Simmons (2005), Smith & Xie Yan (2008), Wang Yingxiang (1982, 2003), Zhang Libiao et al. (2014).	Simmons, N.B. and A.L. Cirranello. 2022B. Bat Species of the World: A taxonomic and geographic database. Accessed on 10/11/2022.	Vespertilionidae	Arielulus circumdatus	Arielulus		circumdatus	Temminck	1840	1	Monogr. Mamm.	0.2319	Bronze Sprite	 drungicus Wang, 1982.	Indonesia, Java, Tapos.	Java (Indonesia), W Malaysia, Cambodia, Thailand, Burma, NE India, Nepal, SW China.	Not listed.	Least Concern	Heller and Volleth (1984) included this taxon in societatis , but see Hill and Francis (1984) and Corbet and Hill (1992).	Mammal Diversity Database. (2023). Mammal Diversity Database (Version 1.11) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7830771 released 15 April 2023	Arielulus circumdatus	23	Bronze Sprite	Black-gilded Pipistrelle	Theria	Placentalia	Boreoeutheria	Laurasiatheria	CHIROPTERA	VESPERTILIONIFORMES	NA	NA	VESPERTILIONOIDEA	VESPERTILIONIDAE	VESPERTILIONINAE	EPTESICINI	Arielulus	NA	circumdatus	Temminck	1840	1	Vespertilio_circumdatus	Temminck, C. J. (1840). Monographies de Mammalogie, ou description de quelques genres de mammiféres, dont les espéces ont été observées dens les différens musées de l'Europe. G. Dufour and E. d'Ocagne, Paris, Vol. 2, 214.	https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=Lw9jAAAAcAAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA1&dq=monographies+de+mammalogie+temminck+vol.+2&ots=o25ZP2qQxx&sig=jNZE7B2jrj-W7sB7y_Bz5_qjud8#v=onepage&q=monographies%20de%20mammalogie%20temminck%20vol.%202&f=false	ZMB 3554 [syntype]		"L'île de Java, dans le district sauvage de Tapos," Indonesia.			circumdatus (Temminck, 1840)|drungicus (Wang Yingxiang, 1982)	NA	NA	Nepal|India|Myanmar|China|Thailand|Vietnam|Cambodia|Malaysia|Indonesia	Asia	Indomalaya	LC	0	0	0	Arielulus_circumdatus	0	sciname match	Arielulus_circumdatus	0	IUCN. 2022. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-1. https://www.iucnredlist.org. Accessed on [28 September, 2022].	41534	Arielulus circumdatus	ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	CHIROPTERA	VESPERTILIONIDAE	Arielulus	circumdatus	(Temminck, 1840)	This species was sometimes placed under Pipistrellus (Hill, Harrison, 1987) or Eptesicus (Volleth, Heller, 1994); allocation to separate genus Arielulus was proposed and argued by Csorba and Lee (1999).	20000000	Arielulus circumdatus	Least Concern		2019	2018-08-31 00:00:00 UTC	3.1	English	Although this species is known mainly from isolated records from a large area, it is confirmed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, presumed large overall population, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.	Little is known about the habitat or ecology of this species in South Asia except that it is reported from montane forests and also found in secondary teak forest (Bates and Harrison 1997, Molur et al.  2002). In Myanmar it has been collected at 1,940 m asl in temperate forest (P. Bates pers. comm.), while it has been recorded in wet evergreen and undisturbed forest between 1,300 and 1,700 m in Vietnam. In Vietnam these bats were observed soon after sunset, foraging in sub-canopy level over stream valleys, along the forest edges or over clearings and corn fields at about 5-20 m above the ground. Fecal pellets often contain chitin fragments of relatively large beetles, in particular from the genus Anomala . This bat has been recorded from undisturbed forest in Cambodia. Nothing is known of its natural history in China. Based on the MZB collection, this species has been collected from montane forest. There is no reliable information about this species reproductive biology, day roosts and seasonal migrations. Pregnant females were reported in central Nepal in the beginning of May (Csorba et al.  1999), suggesting time of births at second half of May.	The threats to this species are unclear, but might include habitat degradation in parts of its range.	The abundance, population size and trends for this species are poorly known. It is usually found as individual animals. In northern part of Dalat Plateau in Vietnam this bat seems to be quite common (Abramov et al. 2009).	Unknown	This species appears to be patchily distributed in northern South Asia, southern China and widely in Southeast Asia. In South Asia, this species is presently known from India (Assam [A. Ali pers. comm.], Meghalaya, Mizoram and Sikkim [S. Mistry pers. comm.]) and Nepal (Csorba et al. 1999). In China it has only been recorded from Yunnan (Smith and Xie 2008). In Southeast Asia, there are widespread, though also sporadic, records from Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia, Peninsular Malaysia and the island of Java and Bali (Indonesia). In South Asia it has been recorded from 1,300 to 2,100 m asl (Molur et al. 2002); in Vietnam it is known from 830 to 1,700 m asl.	This species has no commercial use or trade value, there are no evidences of use of A. circumdatus in local cuisine or local medicine. As all the insectivorous bats, this species has certain value as a natural regulator of forestry and gardener pests.	Terrestrial	In Southeast Asia the species is thought to occur in some protected areas. In Vietnam it occurs in Vu Quang Nature Reserve and Bidoup-Nuiba National Park. In China this bat is treated as endangered (Smith and Xie 2008). In Indonesia, this species has been recorded in two protected area, Gunung Halimun National Park and Bali Botanic Garden. Taxonomic, ecological, population and habitat studies are recommended for this species.	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	Arielulus		circumdatus	Temminck	1840	1	Monogr. Mamm.	0.231944	Bronze Sprite	 drungicus Wang, 1982.	Indonesia, Java, Tapos.	Java (Indonesia), W Malaysia, Cambodia, Thailand, Burma, NE India, Nepal, SW China.	Not listed.	Least Concern	Heller and Volleth (1984) included this taxon in societatis , but see Hill and Francis (1984) and Corbet and Hill (1992).	Arielulus circumdatus	1005508	23	Bronze Sprite	Black-gilded Pipistrelle	Theria	Placentalia	Boreoeutheria	Laurasiatheria	CHIROPTERA	VESPERTILIONIFORMES	NA	NA	VESPERTILIONOIDEA	Vespertilionidae	VESPERTILIONINAE	EPTESICINI	Arielulus	NA	circumdatus	Temminck	1840	1	Vespertilio_circumdatus	Temminck, C. J. (1840). Monographies de Mammalogie, ou description de quelques genres de mammiféres, dont les espéces ont été observées dens les différens musées de l'Europe. G. Dufour and E. d'Ocagne, Paris, Vol. 2, 214.	https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=Lw9jAAAAcAAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA1&dq=monographies+de+mammalogie+temminck+vol.+2&ots=o25ZP2qQxx&sig=jNZE7B2jrj-W7sB7y_Bz5_qjud8#v=onepage&q=monographies%20de%20mammalogie%20temminck%20vol.%202&f=false	ZMB 3554 [syntype]		"L'île de Java, dans le district sauvage de Tapos," Indonesia.			circumdatus (Temminck, 1840)|drungicus (Wang Yingxiang, 1982)	NA	NA				Nepal|India|Myanmar|China|Thailand|Vietnam|Cambodia|Malaysia|Indonesia	Asia	Indomalaya	LC	0	0	0	Arielulus_circumdatus	0	sciname match	Arielulus_circumdatus	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	Arielulus_circumdatus	1005508	23	Bronze Sprite	Black-gilded Pipistrelle	Theria	Placentalia	Boreoeutheria	Laurasiatheria	Chiroptera	Yangochiroptera	NA	NA	Vespertilionoidea	Vespertilionidae	Vespertilioninae	Nycticeiini	Arielulus	NA	circumdatus	Temminck	1	Vespertilio circumdatus	Temminck, C.J. 1840. Livraison 3. Pp. 141–272 in Temminck, C.J. 1835-1841. Monographies de Mammalogie. Tome second. C. C. van der Hoek, Leiden, 392 pp.	https://archive.org/details/monographiedema00temmgoog/page/140/mode/2up	RMNH.MAM.35433, ZMB 3554	syntypes	https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35433.a | https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35433.b	"L'île de Java, dans le district sauvage de Tapos," Indonesia.			NA	NA				Nepal|India|Myanmar|China|Thailand|Vietnam|Cambodia|Malaysia|Indonesia	Asia	Indomalaya	LC	0	0	0	Arielulus_circumdatus	0	sciname match	Arielulus_circumdatus	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	Arielulus		circumdatus	Temminck	1840	1	Monogr. Mamm.	0.231944	Bronze Sprite	drungicus Wang, 1982.	Indonesia, Java, Tapos.	Java (Indonesia), W Malaysia, Cambodia, Thailand, Burma, NE India, Nepal, SW China.	<a href='https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php' target='_blank'>Not Listed</a>	<a href='https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41534/22005596/' target='_blank'>Least Concern</a>	Heller and Volleth (1984) included this taxon in societatis, but see Hill and Francis (1984) and Corbet and Hill (1992).		Mammal Diversity Database. (2025). Mammal Diversity Database (Version 2.2) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15007505	NA	Arielulus circumdatus; drungicus; drungicus; circumdatus; Farfadet a oreilles bordées; Bronzefarbene Elfenfledermaus; Arielulus bronceado; Black-gilded Pipistrelle; Bronze Sprite; Black-gilded Pipistrelle; Bronze Sprite; Bronze Sprite; Arielulus drungicus; Arielulus circumdata drungicus; A. circumdatus