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Common Pipistrelle

Pipistrellus pipistrellus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 27,556, February 20,352, March 31,887, April 50,166, May 72,332, June 78,873, July 84,399, August 72,583, September 53,289, October 39,776, November 21,736, December 16,988.
United States569,939
Alaska569,938
United Kingdom700
England679
France102
Germany100
Italy68
Netherlands59
Nord-Ovest54
Nordrhein-Westfalen36

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Traits

Behavioral

  • NocturnalActive primarily at nightChecked by the maintainer

Dietary

  • InsectivoreFeeds primarily on insectsFrom its classification

Physical

  • EcholocationUses sonar to navigate and huntFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderBats · Chiroptera
FamilyEvening Bats · Vespertilionidae
GenusPipistrelles · Pipistrellus

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