Hypsugo
Encyclopedia
The genus Hypsugo contains many bat
s referred to as pipistrelles or pipistrelle bats. They belong to the family Vespertilionidae or vesper bats within the order Chiroptera.
Bat
Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera "hand" and pteron "wing") whose forelimbs form webbed wings, making them the only mammals naturally capable of true and sustained flight. By contrast, other mammals said to fly, such as flying squirrels, gliding possums, and colugos, glide rather than fly,...
s referred to as pipistrelles or pipistrelle bats. They belong to the family Vespertilionidae or vesper bats within the order Chiroptera.
Species
- Hypsugo alaschanicus (Alashanian pipistrelle)
- Hypsugo anchietae (Anchieta's pipistrelle)
- Hypsugo anthonyi (Anthony's pipistrelle)
- Hypsugo arabicus (Arabian pipistrelle)
- Hypsugo ariel (fairy pipistrelle)
- Hypsugo bodenheimeri (Bodenheimer's pipistrelle)
- Hypsugo cadornae (Cadorna's pipistrelle)
- Hypsugo crassulus (broad-headed pipistrelle)
- Hypsugo eisentrauti (Eisentraut's pipistrelle)
- Hypsugo imbricatus (brown pipistrelle)
- Hypsugo joffrei (Joffre's pipistrelle)
- Hypsugo kitcheneri (red-brown pipistrelle)
- Hypsugo lophurus (Burmese pipistrelle)
- Hypsugo macrotis (big-eared pipistrelle)
- Hypsugo musciculus (mouse-like pipistrelle)
- Hypsugo pulveratus (Chinese pipistrelle)
- Hypsugo savii (Savi's pipistrelle)
- Hypsugo vordermanni (Vordermann's pipistrelle)