Species Pipistrellus hesperidus (Temminck, 1840) (Dusky pipistrelle.)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Chiroptera
  • ---- family: Vespertilionidae
  • ----- species: Pipistrellus hesperidus
Characteristics:insectivore; length: 8-9 cm; reddish-brown fur; dark brown or black wing-membranes with a white border;
Countries:
MZ
Mozambique
ZA
South Africa
ZW
Zimbabwe
Ecoregions:

AT0116
KwaZulu-Cape coastal forest mosaic
AT0119
Maputaland coastal forest mosaic
AT0128
Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic
AT0717
Southern Africa bushveld
AT0719
Southern Miombo woodlands
AT0725
Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
AT1003
Drakensberg alti-montane grasslands and woodlands
AT1004
Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
AT1006
Eastern Zimbabwe montane forest-grassland mosaic
AT1009
Highveld grasslands
Links:
References:Stuart and Stuart 2007: 66
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