Indian pipistrelle

Indian pipistrelle
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Pipistrellus
Species: P. coromandra
Binomial name
Pipistrellus coromandra
(Gray, 1838)

The Indian pipistrelle (Pipistrellus coromandra) is a species of bat in the family Vespertilionidae found in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam.[1]

Description

Head and body length is 8–9 cm. Forearm is 3 cm. Wingspan 19–22 cm. Weight 9-13g.

Culture

Known as ඉන්දු කොස්-ඇට වවුලා (indu kos aeta wawulaa) in Sinhalese and চামচিকা (chamchika) in Bengali.

References

  1. Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. Pipistrellus coromandra. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.


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