Java pipistrelle
| Eastern pipistrelle | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Genus: | Pipistrellus |
| Species: | P. javanicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pipistrellus javanicus Gray, 1838
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The Java pipistrelle (Pipistrellus javanicus) is a species of pipistrelle bat found in South and Southeast Asia, including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines,Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. It favors human habitations. A 2010 research paper from the Philippines regarding the prevalence of COVID-19 in bats tested several Java pipistrelle bats.[2]
References
- ^ Kruskop, S.V.; Srinivasulu, B.; Srinivasulu, C. (2019). "Pipistrellus javanicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T17344A22128905.
- ^ "Table 1 - Bat Coronaviruses and Experimental Infection of Bats, the Philippines - Volume 16, Number 8—August 2010 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC". Emerging Infectious Diseases journal. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
- Won, Changman; Kimberly G. Smith (1999). "History and current status of mammals of the Korean Peninsula". Mammal Review. 29 (1). Mammal Society: 3–33. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2907.1999.00034.x.
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Pipistrellus
- Taxa named by John Edward Gray
- Mammals described in 1838
- Bats of Asia
- Bats of Southeast Asia
- Bats of Indonesia
- Bats of Malaysia
- Mammals of Afghanistan
- Mammals of Bangladesh
- Mammals of Brunei
- Mammals of Cambodia
- Mammals of China
- Mammals of India
- Mammals of Laos
- Mammals of Nepal
- Mammals of Pakistan
- Mammals of the Philippines
- Mammals of Myanmar
- Mammals of Thailand
- Mammals of Singapore
- Mammals of Vietnam
- Fauna of Java
- Vespertilionidae stubs