Dark-brown Pipistrelle

Dark-brown PipistrelleThe Dark-brown Pipistrelle occurs in West and Central Africa. A taxonomic study describes its dark wing membranes, and a separate survey captured it in secondary forest in Guinea.What does it look like?The taxonomic study describes its wing membranes as dark. In the authors’ comparison, its forearm and most skull measurements are much smaller than those of Pseudoromicia kityoi.How does it live?The Dark-brown Pipistrelle occurs in West and Central Africa. A taxonomic study describes its dark wing membranes, and a separate survey captured it in secondary forest in Guinea.In a 2017 survey, it was one of three bat species caught in mist nets in secondary forest at Koundou Forest, Guinea, at 411 m. This single site record does not establish its diet or activity times.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.