Lesser Papuan Pipistrelle

Lesser Papuan PipistrelleThis small insect-eating bat occurs in New Guinea. The current Mammal Diversity Database places it in Alionoctula rather than Pipistrellus. A study in Wau, Papua New Guinea, sampled bats as they emerged from buildings in the evening over 17 months.What does it look like?The 1986 account describes dried, alcohol-preserved specimens with dorsal hairs that had brown tips over nearly black bases and ventral hairs with cinnamon-brown tips over dark bases.How does it live?This small insect-eating bat occurs in New Guinea. The current Mammal Diversity Database places it in Alionoctula rather than Pipistrellus. A study in Wau, Papua New Guinea, sampled bats as they emerged from buildings in the evening over 17 months.In Wau, Papua New Guinea, researchers sampled these small insectivorous bats as they emerged from buildings in the evening over a 17-month period.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.