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Pipistrellus tenuis

(Temminck, 1840). Monogr. Mamm., 2:229.


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ORDER—CHIROPTERA
FAMILY—Vespertilionidae

COMMON NAME—Least pipistrelle.

DISTRIBUTION—Thailand to Australia; Philippine records from Luzon [Rizal (USNM)], Negros (FMNH), and Sibuyan (FMNH). Also reported from Mindanao by Taylor (1934).


HABITAT—Primary lowland and montane forest from 800 m to 1700 m (Heaney et al., unpubl. data).

STATUS—
Widespread and moderately common.


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