Big-eared pipistrelle
| Big-eared pipistrelle | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Genus: | Hypsugo |
| Species: | H. macrotis |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypsugo macrotis Temminck, 1840 | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Pipistrellus macrotis (Temminck, 1840) | |
The big-eared pipistrelle (Hypsugo macrotis) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It can be found in Brunei, Indonesia, Singapore2 and Malaysia. It forages over mud flats over Peninsula Malaysia but its roosting activities are unknown. Its habitat is being threatened by deforestation for agriculture, plantations, logging and fires but how it affects this bat or if it is adaptable are unknown.
Sources
- ↑ Görföl, T.; Bates, P.J.J.; Lim, L.S. & Francis, C.M. (2016). "Hypsugo macrotis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T17349A22127259. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T17349A22127259.en. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
2 [First sighting of a Big-Eared pipistrelle in Singapore. ]
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