| Hypsugo | |
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| Savi's pipistrelle (Hypsugo savii) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Tribe: | Vespertilionini |
| Genus: | Hypsugo Kolenati, 1856 |
| Type species | |
| Vespertilio savii Bonaparte, 1837
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The genus Hypsugo contains many bats referred to as pipistrelles or pipistrelle bats (not to be confused with the genus Pipistrellus). They belong to the family Vespertilionidae or vesper bats. They are primarily found throughout Asia, the Middle East, Mediterranean Europe, and North Africa (including the Canary Islands), with a single (debated) species in Sub-Saharan Africa.