Mammals of the WorldCommon Pipistrelle
Pipistrellus pipistrellus
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Vespertilionidae
- Genus
- Pipistrellus
- IUCN status
- LC
- Distribution
- Morocco|Algeria|Tunisia|Libya|United Kingdom|Ireland|Portugal|Spain|France|Luxembourg|Netherlands|Belgium|Germany|Denmark|Sweden|Switzerland|Liechtenstein|Italy|Malta|Austria|Czech Republic|Poland|Slovakia|Hungary|Slovenia|Croatia|Bosnia and Herzegovina|Serbia|Kosovo|Montenegro|Albania|North Macedonia|Greece|Bulgaria|Romania|Moldova|Ukraine|Belarus|Lithuania|Latvia|Estonia|Russia|Georgia|Armenia|Azerbaijan|Turkey|Syria|Lebanon|Israel|Palestine|Iran|Turkmenistan|Uzbekistan|Kazakhstan|Kyrgyzstan|Tajikistan|Afghanistan|Pakistan|India|Myanmar|China|Taiwan
- Realm
- Indomalaya|Palearctic
Other names: Common Pipistrelle Bat|Small House Bat
About this species
- Size
- Head and body 3.5–5.2cm; tail 2.3–3.6cm; forearm 27.7–32.2mm; wingspan 18–25cm
- Weight
- 3.5–8.5g
- Habitat
- Woodland, farmland and suburbs; females roost in lofts and buildings when rearing young
- Range
- Most of Europe, North Africa and central South Asia; also India, China and Myanmar
The common pipistrelle is a small bat with a very large range across most of Europe, North Africa and central South Asia, and it is one of the most common bats in the British Isles. Its brown fur varies in tone. Head and body length is 3.5–5.2 cm with a 2.3–3.6 cm tail, the forearm is 27.7–32.2 mm, the wingspan 18–25 cm and the weight 3.5–8.5 g (Wikipedia, general species account).
In 1999 it was split from the soprano pipistrelle on the basis of echolocation calls, about 45 kHz against 55 kHz. It is common in woodland and farmland and also in suburbs, where females roost in lofts and buildings while rearing young. Males set up courtship territories of about 200 m across from mid-July to the end of October and sing to attract females. India is listed within its range, but the cached account describes European animals and gives nothing specific to India (Wikipedia, general species account).
Description: Wildlife of India guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)