Common pipistrelle

Common pipistrelle
A Pipistrellus pipistrellus (i.e., the common pipistrelle) sits in the hands of a researcher.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Pipistrellus
Species:
P. pipistrellus
Binomial name
Pipistrellus pipistrellus
(Schreber, 1774)
Synonyms
  • Vespertilio pipistrellus Schreber, 1774
  • Vesperugo pipistrellus Keyserling & Blasius, 1839

The common pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) is a small pipistrelle microbat whose very large range extends across most of Europe, North Africa, South Asia, and may extend into Korea.[2] It is one of the most common bat species in the British Isles. In Europe, the northernmost confirmed records are from southern Finland near 60°N.[3]

In 1999, the common pipistrelle was split into two species on the basis of different-frequency echolocation calls. The common pipistrelle uses a call of 45 kHz, while the soprano pipistrelle echolocates at 55 kHz. Since the two species were distinguished, a number of other differences, in appearance, habitat and food, have also been discovered.

The image depicts a Pipistrellus pipistrellus (i.e., the common pipistrelle) in flight.
Pipistrellus pipistrellus in flight
The image depicts a Pipistrellus pipistrellus (i.e., the common pipistrelle) pup in the hands of a researcher.
Pipistrellus pipistrellus pup
  1. ^ Godlevska, L.; Bücs, S.; Kruskop, S.V.; Gazaryan, S.; Benda, P.; Paunović, M. (2021) [errata version of 2020 assessment]. "Pipistrellus pipistrellus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T85333513A196581936. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T85333513A196581936.en. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  2. ^ Qumsiyeh, M. B. (1996). Mammals of the Holy Land (Illustrated ed.). Texas Tech University Press. p. 133. ISBN 978-0896723641.
  3. ^ "Pipistrellus pipistrellus", Science for Nature Foundation