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Kuhl's Pipistrelle

Pipistrellus kuhlii

Classification

Kuhl's pipistrelle (Pipistrellus kuhlii) is a species of vesper bat that occurs in large areas of North Africa, Southern Europe and West Asia. It lives in temperate forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, temperate grassland, rural gardens, and urban areas. Taxonomy Kuhl's pipistrelle was first described in 1817, under the name Vespertilio kuhlii, in a work by Heinrich Kuhl entitled Die deutschen Fledermäuse ("The bats of Germany").

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
France · 402,191Spain · 1,967Switzerland · 685Italy · 91Germany · 57Belgium · 12Netherlands · 1United Kingdom · 1