#0021 · 🦊 mammals

Common Pipistrelle

🇳🇱 Gewone Dwergvleermuis ·Pipistrellus pipistrellus

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 in the Netherlands

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

what is it?

The common pipistrelle ( Pipistrellus pipistrellus ) is a small pipistrelle bat whose very large range extends across most of Europe, North Africa, southwestern Asia, and possibly into Korea. It is one of the most common bat species in the British Isles.

base stats

NL sightings 66iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 7,696iNaturalist 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

Spotted 66 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #21 most seen of the mammals in NL.
7,696 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber in 1774 (252 years ago).