#0136 · 🦊 mammals

Kuhl's pipistrelle

🇳🇱 Kuhls Dwergvleermuis ·Pipistrellus kuhlii

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © jmbompar · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Jacopo Cristoni · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Arnold Wijker · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Roberto Ghiglia · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Sliven, BG-SL, BG:© StefanVV · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Εχεδώρου, Κεντρική Μακεδονία, GR:© Valia Pavlou · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Добра Вода, Црна Гора:© roman_romanov · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Budapest, Margaret Island, 1138 Hungary:© Seprűs Péter · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Naama, Algeria:© mmissoum · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Saltivskyi District, Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraina, 61000:© Mateusz Ciechanowski · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Kuhl's pipistrelle ( Pipistrellus kuhlii ) is a species of vesper bat that lives over large areas of North Africa, southern Europe and Western Asia. It can be found in temperate forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, temperate grassland, rural gardens, and urban areas.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,693iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
1,693 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Heinrich Kuhl in 1817 (209 years ago).