Japanese Pipistrelle
Pipistrellus abramus
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 288
- Most observed in
- 🇹🇼 Taiwan
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The Japanese pipistrelle (Alionoctula abramus), also known as Japanese house bat, is a species of vesper bat. An adult has a body length of 3.6–4.8 cm (1.4–1.9 in), a tail of 2.9–4.0 cm (1.1–1.6 in), and a wing length of 3.2–3.6 cm (1.3–1.4 in). It prefers to roost under the ceiling or inside the roof of old buildings. It is found across East Asia, from China and Taiwan into the Ussuri region, the Korean Peninsula, and Japan.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Japanese pipistrelle”.