Mammal / Pipistrellus pipistrellus
Common Pipistrelle
Lowest risk
Native
The common pipistrelle is a small pipistrelle microbat whose very large range extends across most of Europe, North Africa, southwestern Asia, and may extend into Korea. It is one of the most common bat species in the British Isles. In Europe, the northernmost confirmed records are from southern Finland near 60°N.
- Range mass
- 3.5 to 8 g
- Range number of offspring
- 1 to 2
- Average number of offspring
- 1.2
- Range gestation period
- 35 to 51 days
- Average weaning age
- 42 days
- Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (female)
Sex: female - 456 days
- Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (male)
Sex: male - 456 days
- Average lifespan
Status: wild - 9.0 years
Kuester, J. 2000. "Pipistrellus pipistrellus" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed November 10, 2020 at https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Pipistrellus_pipistrellus/
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