Forest pipistrelle
Pipistrellus adamsi Kitchener, Caputi & Jones, 1986
The forest pipistrelle (Pipistrellus adamsi) is a species in the family Vespertilionidae, order Chiroptera. Recorded adults weigh 3.34 g to 4.2 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
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Quick facts about the forest pipistrelle
- Weight
- 3.34 g – 4.2 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Gestation
- 61.3 dayssrc for Gestation
- Young per litter or clutch
- 1.92src for Young per litter or clutch
- Age at maturity
- 53.6 dayssrc for Age at maturity
- Litters or clutches a year
- 3src for Litters or clutches a year
- Active
- At night (nocturnal)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- 1 countrysrc for Countries on record
Where does the forest pipistrelle live?
Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.
The forest pipistrelle is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Why a country list is not a range map
Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
What is the forest pipistrelle?
The forest pipistrelle (Alionoctula adamsi) is a species of vesper bat found in Australia, in the northernmost parts of Queensland and the Northern Territory.
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Is the forest pipistrelle endangered?
The forest pipistrelle is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.
How is the forest pipistrelle classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classMammalia
- orderChiroptera
- familyVespertilionidae
- genusPipistrellus
- SpeciesPipistrellus adamsi Kitchener, Caputi & Jones, 1986
Other names and names in other languages (5)
- Adams's pipistrelleEnglish
- Adams's pipistrelleEnglish
- Adams’s pipistrelleEnglish
- Cape York pipistrelleEnglish
- Cape York pipistrelleEnglish
Relatives of the forest pipistrelle
Other species in the same genus Pipistrellus.
Common pipistrelle
Pipistrellus pipistrellus
Nathusius's pipistrelle
Pipistrellus nathusii
Kuhl's pipistrelle
Pipistrellus kuhlii
Soprano pipistrelle
Pipistrellus pygmaeus
Indian pipistrelle
Pipistrellus coromandra
Least pipistrelle
Pipistrellus tenuis
CompareForest pipistrelle vs Common pipistrelleForest pipistrelle vs Nathusius's pipistrelleForest pipistrelle vs Kuhl's pipistrelleForest pipistrelle vs Soprano pipistrelle
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the forest pipistrelle?
An adult forest pipistrelle weighs 3.34 g – 4.2 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the forest pipistrelle live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the forest pipistrelle for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
Is the forest pipistrelle endangered?
The forest pipistrelle is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
How long is the forest pipistrelle pregnant?
The recorded gestation period is 61.3 days.
What kind of animal is the forest pipistrelle?
The forest pipistrelle (Pipistrellus adamsi) belongs to the family Vespertilionidae in the order Chiroptera.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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