Common Pipistrelle
Pipistrellus pipistrellus
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,258
- Most observed in
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The common pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) is a small pipistrelle microbat whose very large range extends across most of Europe, North Africa, South-Central 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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Common pipistrelle”.