Common Pipistrelle
Pipistrellus pipistrellus
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Mammals
The common pipistrelle is a small pipistrelle microbat whose very large range extends across most of Europe, North Africa, and central South Asia, and may extend into Korea. 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.
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Vespertilionidae
- Genus
- Pipistrellus