The dusky pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus hesperidus'') is a small

pipistrelle ''Pipistrellus'' is a genus of bats in the family Vespertilionidae and subfamily Vespertilioninae. The name of the genus is derived from the Italian language, Italian word , meaning "bat" (from Latin "bird of evening, bat"). The size of the ge ...

bat found in

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

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Taxa named by Coenraad Jacob Temminck Mammals described in 1840 Pipistrellus Bats of Africa {{Vespertilionidae-stub