Order Chiroptera - Family Vespertilionidae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 451 529 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) abramus Temminck 1838 Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) abramus Temminck 1838 , Monogr. Mamm., Tome 2: 232 . Type Locality: Japan , Kyushu, Nagasaki . Vernacular Names: Japanese Pipistrelle . Synonyms: Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) akokomuli Temminck 1838 ; Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) irretitus Cantor 1842 ; Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) pomiloides Mell 1922 ; Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) pumiloides Tomes 1857 . Distribution: S Ussuri region ( Russia and China ), Taiwan , S and C Japan , Korea , Vietnam , Burma , India . Conservation: IUCN 2003 – Not listed ( lapsus ); IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Subgenus Pipistrellus . Often regarded as a subspecies of javanicus , but clearly separable; see Hill and Harrison (1987) , Yoshiyuki (1989), Corbet and Hill (1992) , and Tiunov (1997) . Does not include paterculus ; see Hill and Harrison (1987) , Corbet and Hill (1992) , Bates and Harrison (1997), Bates et al. (1997), and Hendrichsen et al. (2001 b ) . Reviewed by Horácek et al. (2000) and Srinivasulu and Srinivasulu (2001) .