Japanese house bat
Japanese house bat | |
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Conservation status
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Vespertilionidae |
Genus: | Pipistrellus |
Species: | P. abramus
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Binomial name | |
Pipistrellus abramus (Temminck, 1840)
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The Japanese house bat or Japanese pipistrelle (Pipistrellus abramus) is a species of vesper bat. An adult has a body length of 3.6–4.8 cm (1.4–1.9 in), a tail of 2.9–4.0 cm (1.1–1.6 in), and a wing length of 3.2–3.6 cm (1.3–1.4 in). It prefers to roost under the ceiling or inside the roof of old buildings. It is found across East Asia, from China and Taiwan into the Ussuri region, the Korean Peninsula, and Japan.
Further distribution[]
In China, it is found in Hainan province and its island and the Zhoushan archipelago.[2]
Diet[]
The species feeds on beetles, caddisflies, flies, hymenopterans, moths, and true bugs.[3]
Reproduction[]
Before the young is born, it goes through 33 embryonic stages.[4]
See also[]
- List of mammals in Hong Kong
- List of mammals in Korea
- List of mammals in Taiwan
- List of mammals in Japan
References[]
- ^ Fukui, D.; Sano, A. (2019). "Pipistrellus abramus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T17320A22131948. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T17320A22131948.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Li Wei; Jon R. Flanders; Stephen J. Rossiter; Cassandra M. Miller-Butterworth; Li B. Zhang & Shuyi Y. Zhang. "Phylogeography of the Japanese pipistrelle bat, Pipistrellus abramus, in China: the impact of ancient and recent events on population genetic structure". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 99 (3): 582–594. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01387.x.
- ^ Ya-Fu Lee & Ling-Ling Lee. "Food habits of Japanese pipistrelles Pipistrellus abramus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in northern Taiwan" (PDF). Zoological Studies. 44 (1): 95–101.
- ^ Masayoshi Tokita (2006). "Normal embryonic development of the Japanese pipistrelle, Pipistrellus abramus". Zoology. Sakyo, Kyoto. 109 (2): 137–147. doi:10.1016/j.zool.2005.12.004.
- Won, Byeong-o (원병오) (2004). 한국의 포유동물 (Hangugui poyudongmul, Mammals of Korea). Seoul: Dongbang Media. ISBN 89-8457-310-8.
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Pipistrellus
- Bats of Asia
- Mammals of East Asia
- Mammals of China
- Mammals of Japan
- Mammals of Korea
- Mammals of Russia
- Mammals of Taiwan
- Mammals of Hong Kong
- Taxa named by Coenraad Jacob Temminck
- Mammals described in 1840