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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderChiroptera
  5. ›familyVespertilionidae
  6. ›genusPipistrellus
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Lesser Papuan Pipistrelle

Pipistrellus papuanus (Peters & Doria, 1881)

Also calledKleine Papua-Zwergfledermaus (deu) · Pipistrelle papoue (fra)

First described in: Ann. Mus. Stor. Nat. Genova vol.16 p.696

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

conservation

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (nt).

Order Chiroptera - Family Vespertilionidae

discussion

Discussion: Subgenus Pipistrellus. Included in tenuis by many authors, but see Kitchener et al. (1986); also see Flannery (1995 a, b) and Bonaccorso (1998).

Order Chiroptera - Family Vespertilionidae

distribution

Distribution: Seram, Aru Isls, Baik-Supiori, New Guinea, New Ireland (Bismarck Arch.), adjacent small islands.

Order Chiroptera - Family Vespertilionidae

activity

Activity patterns. Lesser Papuan Pipistrelles emerge shortly before dusk to forage in urban areas and plantations. They roost in buildings and hollows in trees. Call shape is very steep FM.

Vespertilionidae

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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5707166.