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Soprano Pipistrelle

Pipistrellus pygmaeus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 17,228, February 12,724, March 19,936, April 31,364, May 45,222, June 49,312, July 52,767, August 45,379, September 33,317, October 24,868, November 13,589, December 10,621.
United States356,329
Alaska356,329
United Kingdom401
England377
Austria85
Niederösterreich44
Denmark42
Germany40
France39
Steiermark33

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

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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