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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]
Conservation status codes listed follow the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. Range maps are provided wherever possible; if a range map is not available, a description of the vespertilionine's range is provided. Ranges are based on the IUCN Red List for that species unless otherwise noted.
Common name Binomial name Population Status Trend Notes Image Christmas Island pipistrelle: Pipistrellus murrayi: 0 [1] EX [1] [1] Common and widespread until the 1980s. In January 2009, there were 4 individuals left.
This list shows the IUCN Red List status of 115 mammal species occurring in Spanish territory in the Iberian Peninsula. Seven species are endangered, thirteen are vulnerable, and three are near threatened. If the IUCN Red List status of a species in Spain differs from its global status, the status in Spain is shown next between brackets. [1]
Its common name was thus the "eastern pipistrelle". [6] In 1984 its status was reviewed, with H. Menu concluding that it was more similar in appearance to species in the genus Myotis rather than Pipistrellus, erecting a new genus for the taxon: Perimyotis. The name "Perimyotis" means "around Myotis", alluding to its similarities with the genus. [7]
Its description was the result of a taxonomic split of the common pipistrelle. The holotype was collected in Cyrenaica, which is in eastern Libya. The eponym for the species name "hanaki" is Czech Republic scientist Vladimír Hanák, for his significant contribution "to the knowledge of the Palaearctic bat fauna". Hanák was also the first to ...
Conservation status. Least Concern ... The soprano pipistrelle ... The common pipistrelle uses a call of 45 kHz, while the soprano pipistrelle echolocates at 55 kHz. ...
Conservation status. Data Deficient [1] Scientific classification ... Neoromicia grandidieri, known by the common names of Dobson's pipistrelle and yellow pipistrelle