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Peters's Pipistrelle

Hypsugo petersi

Order
Chiroptera
Family
Vespertilionidae
Genus
Hypsugo
IUCN status
DD (as Falsistrellus petersi)
Distribution
Philippines|Indonesia|Malaysia
Realm
Indomalaya|Australasia

Other names: North Wallacean Pipistrelle|Wallacean Chocolate Pipistrelle|Woolly Pipistrelle

About this species

Range
Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines

Peters's pipistrelle is a vesper bat found in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. It was formerly classified in the genus Falsistrellus, but genetic evidence supports placing it in Hypsugo (Wikipedia, general species account).

Description: Wildlife of Malaysia guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

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