MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Pipistrellus rueppellii

Accepted taxon: Pipistrellus rueppellii
Taxon:	Pipistrellus rueppellii
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	CHIROPTERA \| Vespertilionidae \| Vespertilioninae \| Pipistrellini \| Pipistrellus \| Pipistrellus
Reference:	Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), JHU Press, 2005.

Table 1. List of Diet Items for Pipistrellus rueppellii.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
There are no Diet Items available.

^a. Standardized values. See details for the calculations in Lintulaakso, K., Tatti, N. and Žliobaitė, I., 2022. Quantifying mammalian diets. Mammalian Biology, pp.1-15. [DOI]

Table 2. List of Standard Traits for Pipistrellus rueppellii.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Insectivore	Insectivore	Cakenberg…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Animalivore	Animalivore	Cakenberg…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Pipistrellus rueppellii.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	Africa	g	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	Robert M.…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Pipistrellus rueppellii.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)

^b. other Measurements. Source Measurements which are not listed on or mapped with the Standard Traits..

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Pipistrellus rueppellii.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Pipistrellus rueppelli	Cakenberghe,V. V., 2002, Evolutionary relationships between cranial shape and diet in bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera), Topics in functional and ecological vertebrate morphology	51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon	Verified - Accepted
Pipistrellus rueppelli	Brigham,R. M., 1991, Prey detection, dietary niche breadth, and body size in bats: why are aerial insectivorous bats so small?, The American Naturalist	51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon	Verified - Accepted

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