Canyon bat

Canyon bat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Tribe: Perimyotini
Genus: Parastrellus
Hoofer et al., 2006[2]
Species:
P. hesperus
Binomial name
Parastrellus hesperus
(H.Allen, 1864)
Canyon bat range (pink)[3]

The canyon bat (Parastrellus hesperus), also known as the western pipistrelle,[4][5] or American parastrelle[6] is a species of vesper bat. It is found in Mexico and in the western United States.[1] The species has historically been placed in the genus Pipistrellus, but molecular evidence does not show any close relationship with that genus, and accordingly it was classified into its own genus, Parastrellus, in 2006.[2]

  1. ^ a b Solari, S. (2019). "Parastrellus hesperus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T17341A22129352. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T17341A22129352.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Hoofer, Steven R.; Van Den Bussche, Ronald A.; Horáček, Ivan (1 October 2006). "Generic Status of the American Pipistrelles (Vespertilionidae) with Description of a New Genus". Journal of Mammalogy. 87 (5): 981–992. doi:10.1644/05-MAMM-A-425R1.1. ISSN 0022-2372. JSTOR 4094268.
  3. ^ Dalquest, Walter Woelber; Eugene Raymond Hall (20 January 1950). "A Synopsis of the American Bats of the Genus Pipistrellus by Dalquest and Hall". The Project Gutenberg eBook of a Synopsis of the American Bats of the Genus Pipistrellus, by e. Raymond Hall and Walter W. Dalquest. Vol. 1. Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas. pp. 591–602.
  4. ^ Bat Conservation International. "Species Profiles: Parastrellus hesperus". Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  5. ^ Aleshire, Peter (1 April 2011). Bats. Stackpole Books. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-8117-3643-5.
  6. ^ "Mammals of Texas". Natural Science Research Laboratory. Texas Tech University. Retrieved 17 October 2023.