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) endoi Imaizumi 1959 Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) endoi Imaizumi 1959 , Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus . Tokyo , 4: 363 . Type Locality: Japan , Honshu, Iwate Pref. , Ninohe-Gun, Ashiro-cho, Horobe. Vernacular Names: Endo's Pipistrelle . Distribution: Honshu ( Japan ). Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Endangered. Discussion: Subgenus Pipistrellus . Very similar to javanicus and abramus but apparently distinct, see Yoshiyuki (1989) and Horácek et al. (2000).