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Pipistrelles
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Pipistrelles

Pipistrellus

Pipistrellus is a genus of bats in the family Vespertilionidae and subfamily Vespertilioninae. The name of the genus is derived from the Italian word pipistrello, meaning "bat" (from Latin vespertilio "bird of evening, bat").

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16 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 16 known species

Common Pipistrelle

speciesPipistrellus pipistrellus

Soprano Pipistrelle

speciesPipistrellus pygmaeus

Kuhl's pipistrelle

speciesPipistrellus kuhlii

Nathusius' Pipistrelle

speciesPipistrellus nathusii

Madeira pipistrelle

speciesPipistrellus maderensis

Dusky pipistrelle

speciesPipistrellus hesperidus

Tiny pipistrelle

speciesPipistrellus nanulus

Rusty pipistrelle

speciesPipistrellus rusticus

Hanak's dwarf bat

speciesPipistrellus hanaki

Racey's pipistrelle

speciesPipistrellus raceyi

Simandou Pipistrelle

speciesPipistrellus simandouensis

Crete Pipistrelle

speciesPipistrellus creticus

Aellen's pipistrelle

speciesPipistrellus inexspectatus

Mount Gargues pipistrelle

speciesPipistrellus aero

Bioko Pipistrelle

speciesPipistrellus etula

Dar-es-Salaam pipistrelle

speciesPipistrellus permixtus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 40355.