pipistrelles

Between 1978 and 1986, the number of more common species, such as pipistrelles, fell by 62

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010

A faster set of clicks signals a different frequency on the detector, and the next group are Natterer's bats that always appear some minutes after the pipistrelles.

Country diary: Allendale, Northumberland 2011

Parker said some of the country's 17 kinds of bat – pipistrelles, for example – were taking more readily to boxes than others.

How bats in the belfry can save church treasures Jamie Doward 2010

Ruth explains the earthy smell often noticed in an upstairs room as evidence of soprano pipistrelles.

Country diary: Allendale, Northumberland 2011

Many people might immediately think of the two pipistrelle species dubbed informally the 45 and 55 kHz pipistrelles: in 1993 it was discovered that the ‘species’ Pipistrellus pipistrellus actually consisted of two distinct species, both of which differed in the echolocation frequencies of their calls, and which were later shown to differ in genetics, morphology and behaviour (Barlow et al. 1997, Davidson-Watts & Jones 2006).

Archive 2006-10-01 Darren Naish 2006

Mostly dwelling in forests, they are large (body lengths 50-100 mm, forearm lengths 40-70 mm) compared to pipistrelles and other typical vesper bats, and with sleek fur that ranges in colour from golden to dark brown.

Archive 2006-06-01 Darren Naish 2006

Bats are out, as the only bats in the area are pipistrelles Pipistellus*, and they are way too small to tackle stag beetles (if you like bats see the previous posts: one on Greater noctules, one on Ghost bats).

What killed the stag beetles? Darren Naish 2006

Bats are out, as the only bats in the area are pipistrelles Pipistellus*, and they are way too small to tackle stag beetles (if you like bats see the previous posts: one on Greater noctules, one on Ghost bats).

Archive 2006-06-01 Darren Naish 2006

Many people might immediately think of the two pipistrelle species dubbed informally the 45 and 55 kHz pipistrelles: in 1993 it was discovered that the ‘species’ Pipistrellus pipistrellus actually consisted of two distinct species, both of which differed in the echolocation frequencies of their calls, and which were later shown to differ in genetics, morphology and behaviour (Barlow et al. 1997, Davidson-Watts & Jones 2006).

The first new European mammal in 100 years? You must be joking Darren Naish 2006

We took our usual trip to the "Bat Cave" where we sat beneath a cave ceiling covered with hundreds of western pipistrelles Pipistrellus hesperus, North America's smallest bat.

Field School Fun Christopher O'Brien 2007