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Java pipistrelle

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

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 coronaviruses in bats tested several Java pipistrelle bats.[2]

References

  1. ^ Kruskop, S.V.; Srinivasulu, B.; Srinivasulu, C. (2019). "Pipistrellus javanicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T17344A22128905. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T17344A22128905.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ "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.