Order Chiroptera Author Karl F. Koopman text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 137 241 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353060 54c9783b-6624-4034-96d9-d09afe43b319 1-56098-217-9 7353060 Pipistrellus Kaup, 1829 . Skizz. Entwickel.-Gesch. Nat. Syst. Europ. Thierwelt, 1:98 . TYPE SPECIES: Vespertilio pipistrellus Schreber, 1774 . SYNONYMS: Arielulus , Falsistrellus , Hypsugo , Perimyotis , Scotozous, Vansonia. COMMENTS: For synonyms see Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951: 162-163) ; but also see Hill (1976:25) ; Kitchener et al. (1986); and Menu (1984) . Hypsugo was considered a full genus by Tiunov (1986) . Hill and Harrison (1987) would transfer Neomicia and Vespadelus to here from Eptesicus . Otherwise the subgenera they use are followed here.