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Hypsugo

  • Chinese Pipistrelle Hypsugo pulveratus
    Chinese Pipistrelle
    Photo: Lawrence Hylton · CC BY 4.0

    The Chinese pipistrelle is a small bat recorded in China. A university species page describes its coat and forest records, along with examples of roosting in buildings.

  • Savi's Pipistrelle Hypsugo savii
    Savi's Pipistrelle
    Photo: poblado_verde_en_acción · CC BY 4.0

    Savi's pipistrelle is a bat whose long back fur is dark brown at the base and golden at the tips, with a pale underside. In the Mediterranean region, it catches insects while flying.

  • Chocolate Pipistrelle Hypsugo affinis

    The chocolate pipistrelle is a small bat recorded in South Asian highlands. In central Sri Lanka, an individual was observed roosting in a cavity in a tree trunk.

  • Alashanian Pipistrelle Hypsugo alaschanicus

    The Alashanian pipistrelle is a small vespertilionid bat. It ranges across Mongolia and East Asia; roosts have been confirmed in urban Hokkaido, Japan.

  • Arabian Pipistrelle Hypsugo arabicus

    The Arabian pipistrelle is a small bat, with forearms measuring about 2.9–3.4 cm in the examined series. Iranian diet records report leafhoppers, beetles, and hymenopteran insects among its main prey.

  • Desert Pipistrelle Hypsugo ariel

    The desert pipistrelle is a small, lightly built bat with pale fur. It roosts in rock crevices and hunts flying insects from dusk into the night.

  • Cadorna's Pipistrelle Hypsugo cadornae

    Cadorna's Pipistrelle was first recorded in Cambodia from one female caught in 2010. The specimen had chestnut dorsal fur and was caught in a net over a stream.

  • Long-toothed Pipistrelle Hypsugo dolichodon

    This small bat is known from few records and is distinguished by its long upper canines. The original description was based on specimens from Laos and Vietnam.

  • Brown Pipistrelle Hypsugo imbricatus

    This small bat catches insects around forests and forest edges. Its name refers to fur that looks like overlapping scales.

  • Red-brown Pipistrelle Hypsugo kitcheneri

    The Red-brown Pipistrelle has records from Kalimantan and Sabah. The 2016 IUCN assessment presumes forest habitat and notes it may be the same species as H. lophurus.

  • Lanza's Pipistrelle Hypsugo lanzai

    This bat lives on Socotra Island, Yemen. Field records describe it foraging low above streams and sparse waterside plants around sunset.

  • Burma pipistrelle Hypsugo lophurus

    This bat is known from a specimen collected at Maliwun in southern Myanmar. The male specimen has deep-brown fur above and a hair tuft on the upper surface of the membrane near the tail base.

  • Savi's Pipistrelle Hypsugo savii

    Savi's pipistrelle is a bat whose long back fur is dark brown at the base and golden at the tips, with a pale underside. In the Mediterranean region, it catches insects while flying.

  • Chinese Pipistrelle Hypsugo pulveratus

    The Chinese pipistrelle is a small bat recorded in China. A university species page describes its coat and forest records, along with examples of roosting in buildings.