Biology:Java pipistrelle

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Short description: Species of bat

Eastern pipistrelle
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Pipistrellus
Species:
P. javanicus
Binomial name
Pipistrellus javanicus
Gray, 1838
Range Pipistrellus javanicus.png

The Javan or Eastern pipistrelle (Pipistrellus javanicus) is a species of pipistrelle bat found in South and Southeast Asia.

Range and habitat

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A barn in Massachusetts that is the site of a little brown bat maternity colony

The Javan Pipistrelle lives throughout much of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China , India , Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan , Philippines , Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Relationship to humans

Human infrastructure

It favors human habitations, such as external crevices in old buildings, and culverts. Reports across cities suggest that they are adapted to living there despite the urban clutter. In urban areas, they are often found roosting individually or sparsely.[2]

As possible disease reservoirs

A 2010 research paper from the Philippines regarding the prevalence of coronaviruses in bats tested several Java pipistrelle bats.[3]

References

  • Won, Changman; Kimberly G. Smith (1999). "History and current status of mammals of the Korean Peninsula". Mammal Review (Mammal Society) 29 (1): 3–33. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2907.1999.00034.x. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1829630 entry