Tiny pipistrelle

The tiny pipistrelle (Pipistrellus nanulus) is a species of vesper bat. It can be found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Uganda. It is found in subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and moist savanna.

Tiny pipistrelle
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Pipistrellus
Species:
P. nanulus
Binomial name
Pipistrellus nanulus
Thomas, 1904[2]

References

  1. Monadjem, A.; Fahr, J. (2017). "Pipistrellus nanulus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T17353A22126587. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T17353A22126587.en.
  2. Thomas, Oldfield (1904). "XXVIII.—New Bats and Rodents from West Africa, the Malay Peninsula and Papuasia". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History; Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 14: 188–196. doi:10.1080/03745480409442992.


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