Pipistrellini is a

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bats Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera.''cheir'', "hand" and πτερόν''pteron'', "wing". With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than most bi ...

in the family

Vespertilionidae Vespertilionidae is a family of microbats, of the order Chiroptera, flying, insect-eating mammals variously described as the common, vesper, or simple nosed bats. The vespertilionid family is the most diverse and widely distributed of bat familie ...

. It contains several genera found throughout the

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and

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, including the pipistrelles, noctules and related species.

Species

Species in the tribe include: * Genus ''

Glischropus ''Glischropus'' is a genus of bats within the vesper bat family, Vespertilionidae. Species within this genus are: * '' Glischropus aquilus'' (Görföl, Wiantoro, Kingston, Bates & Huang, 2015) — dark thick-thumbed bat * ''Glischropus bucephalu ...

'' – thick-thumbed bats **

Dark thick-thumbed bat Darkness, the direct opposite of lightness, is defined as a lack of illumination, an absence of visible light, or a surface that absorbs light, such as black or brown. Human vision is unable to distinguish colors in conditions of very low lum ...

, ''Glischropus aquilus'' ** Indochinese thick-thumbed bat, ''Glischropus bucephalus'' ** Javan thick-thumbed bat, ''Glischropus javanus'' **

Common thick-thumbed bat The common thick-thumbed bat (''Glischropus tylopus'') is a species of vesper bat found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, and Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thai ...

, ''Glischropus tylopus'' * Genus ''

Nyctalus ''Nyctalus'' is a genus of vespertilionid bats commonly known as the noctule bats. They are distributed in the temperate and subtropical areas of Europe, Asia and North Africa. There are eight species within this genus: *Birdlike noctule, ''Nyc ...

'' – noctule bats **

Birdlike noctule The birdlike noctule (''Nyctalus aviator'') is a species of bat. It nests in the holes in old trees and buildings, and sometimes in mineshafts. It is distributed across Northeast Asia, from northeast China and Siberia through the Korean Peninsu ...

, ''Nyctalus aviator'' **

Azores noctule The Azores noctule (''Nyctalus azoreum'') is a species of bat found in the dry forests of the Azores. It is the only species of mammal endemic to the Azores. It has been recorded on most of the islands of the Azores, and remains common on some bu ...

, ''Nyctalus azoreum'' **

Japanese noctule The Japanese noctule (''Nyctalus furvus'') is a species of bat belonging to the family Vespertilionidae Vespertilionidae is a family of microbats, of the order Chiroptera, flying, insect-eating mammals variously described as the common, vespe ...

, ''Nyctalus furvus'' **

Greater noctule bat The greater noctule bat (''Nyctalus lasiopterus'') is a rare carnivorous bat found in Europe, West Asia, and North Africa. It is the largest and least studied bat in Europe with a wingspan of up to and is one of the few bat species to feed on pa ...

, ''Nyctalus lasiopterus'' **

Lesser noctule The lesser noctule, Leisler's bat or the Irish bat (''Nyctalus leisleri''), is a species of insectivorous bat belonging to the vesper bat family, Vespertilionidae. The species was named to honour the naturalist Johann Philipp Achilles Leisler ...

, ''Nyctalus leisleri'' **

Mountain noctule The mountain noctule (''Nyctalus montanus'') is a species of bat found in Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, and Nepal Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्� ...

, ''Nyctalus montanus'' **

Common noctule The common noctule (''Nyctalus noctula'') is a species of insectivorous bat common throughout Europe, Asia, and North Africa. Description The common noctule's short fur is dark brown after moulting in June (males) or July/August (females); lat ...

, ''Nyctalus noctula'' **

Chinese noctule The Chinese noctule (''Nyctalus plancyi'') is a common and widespread species of bat belonging to the family Vespertilionidae. Distribution and habitat The Chinese noctule is endemic to China and occurs in most of its provinces, plus Hong Kong ...

, ''Nyctalus plancyi'' * Genus ''

Pipistrellus ''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 ...

'' – Pipistrelles or Pipistrelle bats **

Japanese pipistrelle The Japanese house bat or Japanese pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus abramus'') is a species of vesper bat. An adult has a body length of , a tail of , and a wing length of . It prefers to roost under the ceiling or inside the roof of old buildings. I ...

, ''Pipistrellus abramus'' **

Forest pipistrelle The forest pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus adamsi'') is a species of vesper bat found in Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (conti ...

, ''Pipistrellus adamsi'' **

Mount Gargues pipistrelle The Mount Gargues pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus aero'') is a species of vesper bat found in Kenya and believed to be widely distributed across highlands in Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyo ...

, ''Pipistrellus aero'' **

Angulate pipistrelle The angulate pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus angulatus''), also known as the New Guinea pipistrelle, is a species of vesper bat found in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Identification This species is virtually identical in appearance to the ...

, ''Pipistrellus angulatus'' **

Kelaart's pipistrelle ''Kelaart's pipistrelle'' (''Pipistrellus ceylonicus'') is a species of vesper bat found in southern and south-eastern Asia from Pakistan to Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oce ...

, ''Pipistrellus ceylonicus'' **

Greater Papuan pipistrelle The greater Papuan pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus collinus'') is a species of vesper bat found in Papua New Guinea and Irian Jaya New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's second-largest island wi ...

, ''Pipistrellus collinus'' **

Indian pipistrelle The Indian pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus coromandra'') is a species of bat in the family Vespertilionidae found in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet ...

, ''Pipistrellus coromandra'' **

Crete pipistrelle Crete ( el, Κρήτη, translit=, Modern: , Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and ...

, ''Pipistrellus creticus'' **

Dhofar pipistrelle The Dhofar pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus dhofarensis'') is a species of vesper bat in the genus ''Pipistrellus''. It is found in Southern Arabia, including Oman and Yemen. Taxonomy ''Pipistrellus dhofarensis'' was described as a new species in 20 ...

, ''Pipistrellus dhofarensis'' **

Endo's pipistrelle Endo's pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus endoi'') is a species of vesper bat that is endemic to Japan. It is found in temperate forests. Etymology This species was described by Japanese zoologist Yoshinori Imaizumi in 1959. He named it ''endoi'' af ...

, ''Pipistrellus endoi'' **

Hanaki's dwarf bat Hanak's dwarf bat or Hanak's pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus hanaki'') is a species of bat only found in Cyrenaica, Libya and Crete, Greece. Taxonomy ''Pipistrellus hanaki'' was described as a new species in 2004. Its description was the result of ...

, ''Pipistrellus hanaki'' ** Dusky pipistrelle, ''Pipistrellus hesperidus'' ** Aellen's pipistrelle, ''Pipistrellus inexspectatus'' **

Java pipistrelle The Java pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus javanicus'') is a species of pipistrelle bat found in South and Southeast Asia, including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippin ...

, ''Pipistrellus javanicus'' **

Kuhl's pipistrelle Kuhl's pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus kuhlii'') is a species of vesper bat that occurs in large areas of North Africa, Southern Europe and West Asia. It lives in temperate forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby ve ...

, ''Pipistrellus kuhlii'' **

Madeira pipistrelle The Madeira pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus maderensis'') is a species of vesper bat. It is endemic to Azores ) , motto =( en, "Rather die free than subjected in peace") , anthem= ( en, "Anthem of the Azores") , image_map=Locator_map_of_Azores_ ...

, ''Pipistrellus maderensis'' **

Minahassa pipistrelle The Minahassa pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus minahassae'') is a species of vesper bat found in Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It ...

, ''Pipistrellus minahassae'' ** †

Christmas Island pipistrelle The Christmas Island pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus murrayi'') was a species of vesper bat found only on Christmas Island, Australia. The species is now extinct, with the last individual bat seen in August 2009 with no further sightings despite in ...

, ''Pipistrellus murrayi'' **

Tiny pipistrelle The tiny pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus nanulus'') is a species of vesper bat. It can be found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya ...

, ''Pipistrellus nanulus'' **

Nathusius's pipistrelle Nathusius' pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus nathusii'') is a small bat in the genus ''Pipistrellus''. It is very similar to the common pipistrelle and has been overlooked in many areas until recently but it is widely distributed across Europe. It was ...

, ''Pipistrellus nathusii'' **

Lesser Papuan pipistrelle The lesser Papuan pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus papuanus'') is a species of vesper bat. It can be found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. References

Pipistrellus Mammals described in 1881 Taxa named by Giacomo Doria Taxa named by Wilhel ...

, ''Pipistrellus papuanus'' ** Mount Popa pipistrelle, ''Pipistrellus paterculus'' ** Dar es Salaam pipistrelle, ''Pipistrellus permixtus'' **

Common pipistrelle The common pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus pipistrellus'') is a small pipistrelle microbat whose very large range extends across most of Europe, North Africa, South Asia, and may extend into Korea. It is one of the most common bat species in the Brit ...

, ''Pipistrellus pipistrellus'' **

Soprano pipistrelle The soprano pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus pygmaeus'') is a small species of bat. It is found in Europe and often roosts on buildings. Taxonomy Until 1999, the soprano pipistrelle was considered as conspecific with the common pipistrelle The com ...

, ''Pipistrellus pygmaeus'' **

Rusty pipistrelle The rusty pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus rusticus'') is a species of vesper bat. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Chad, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Suda ...

, ''Pipistrellus rusticus'' **

Simandou pipistrelle Simandou is a range of hills located in the Nzérékoré and Kankan regions of southeastern Guinea, in the country's mountainous, forested ''Guinée Forestière'' region. At the southern end of the range the site of a large iron ore deposit is ...

, ''Pipistrellus simandouensis'' **

Narrow-winged pipistrelle The narrow-winged pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus stenopterus'') is a species of vesper bat. It can be found in Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, and Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy ...

, ''Pipistrellus stenopterus'' ** †

Sturdee's pipistrelle Sturdee's pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus sturdeei''), also known as the Bonin pipistrelle bat, is a bat that was thought to have lived in Japan before officially becoming extinct in 2000. In 2020, the IUCN changed its official status to "extinct". ' ...

, ''Pipistrellus sturdeei'' **

Least pipistrelle The least pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus tenuis'') is a species of vesper bat. Distribution The bat is native to South Asia, Southeast Asia, Maritime Southeast Asia, Malesia, and southwestern Oceania. It has been recorded from sea level to in el ...

, ''Pipistrellus tenuis'' **

Watts's pipistrelle Watt's pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus wattsi'') is a species of vesper bat found only in Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ...

, ''Pipistrellus wattsi'' ** Northern pipistrelle, ''Pipistrellus westralis'' * Genus ''

Scotoecus ''Scotoecus'' is a genus of bats in the family Vespertilionidae Vespertilionidae is a family of microbats, of the order Chiroptera, flying, insect-eating mammals variously described as the common, vesper, or simple nosed bats. The vespertilion ...

'' - house bats ** White-bellied lesser house bat, ''Scotoecus albigula'' ** Light-winged lesser house bat, ''Scotoecus albofuscus'' ** Hinde's lesser house bat, ''Scotoecus hindei'' **

Dark-winged lesser house bat The dark-winged lesser house bat (''Scotoecus hirundo'') is a species of vesper bat. It can be found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana ...

, ''Scotoecus hirundo'' ** Desert yellow bat, ''Scotoecus pallidus'' * Genus ''

Scotozous Dormer's bat or Dormer's pipistrelle (''Scotozous dormeri'') is a species of vesper bat. It is the only species in its genus. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Pakistan. Its natural habitats are subtropical and tropical dry forests, a ...

'' **

Dormer's bat Dormer's bat or Dormer's pipistrelle (''Scotozous dormeri'') is a species of vesper bat. It is the only species in its genus. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Pakistan. Its natural habitats are subtropical and tropical dry forests, a ...

, ''Scotozous dormeri'' * Genus '' Vansonia'' ** Rüppell's bat, ''Vansonia rueppellii''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q6076600 Mammal tribes Vesper bats Taxa named by George Henry Hamilton Tate