Rüppel's Pipistrelle

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Rüppel's Pipistrelle
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Chiroptera Family: Vespertilionidae Genus: Pipistrellus Species: P. rueppelli
Binomial name
Pipistrellus rueppelli Fischer, 1829

The Rüppel's Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus rueppelli) is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family. It can be found in the following countries: Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Iraq, Israel, Kenya, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Malawi, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, United Republic of, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. It is found in these habitats: dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and hot deserts.

[edit] Source

• Jacobs, D., Cotterill, F.W., Taylor, P. & Fahr, J. 2004. Pipistrellus rueppelli. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 08 July 2007.