Hypsugo

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Pipistrelle bats
Common Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus)
Common Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Hypsugo
Gray, 1821

The genus Hypsugo contains many bats referred to as pipistrelles or pipistrelle bats. They belong to the family Vespertilionidae or vesper bats within the order Chiroptera.

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