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Tiny pipistrelle

Pipistrellus nanulus Thomas, 1904

LCLeast Concernbats

The tiny pipistrelle (Pipistrellus nanulus) is a species in the family Vespertilionidae, order Chiroptera. Recorded adults weigh 2.5 g to 2.51 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

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Quick facts about the tiny pipistrelle

Weight
2.5 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
1.96src for Young per litter or clutch
Active
At night (nocturnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the tiny pipistrelle live?

Not recorded

What is the tiny pipistrelle?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The tiny pipistrelle (Pipistrellus nanulus) is a species of vesper bat. It can be found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Uganda. It is found in subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and moist savanna.

From the Wikipedia article “Tiny pipistrelle” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tiny_pipistrelle&oldid=1315204635), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the tiny pipistrelle endangered?

The tiny pipistrelle is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. 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 tiny pipistrelle classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderChiroptera
  5. familyVespertilionidae
  6. genusPipistrellus
  7. SpeciesPipistrellus nanulus Thomas, 1904
Other names and names in other languages (10)
  • Dwarf pipistrelle batEnglish
  • netopýr tenkýCzech
  • Kleine ZwergfledermausGerman
  • Murciélago Enano del Golfo de GuineaSpanish
  • biokonpiippaFinnish
  • Pipistrelle minisculeFrench
  • コビトアブラコウモリJapanese
  • Dwergvleermuis van ThomasDutch
  • karlik malusieńkiPolish
  • Карликовый камерунский нетопырьRussian

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the tiny pipistrelle

Other species in the same genus Pipistrellus.

LC, Least Concern

Common pipistrelle

Pipistrellus pipistrellus

VespertilionidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the tiny pipistrelle?

An adult tiny pipistrelle weighs 2.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the tiny pipistrelle endangered?

The tiny pipistrelle is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the tiny pipistrelle?

The tiny pipistrelle (Pipistrellus nanulus) belongs to the family Vespertilionidae in the order Chiroptera.

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Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Tiny pipistrelle (Pipistrellus nanulus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/tiny-pipistrelle

MLA

“Tiny pipistrelle (Pipistrellus nanulus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/tiny-pipistrelle.

BibTeX
@misc{tiny_pipistrelle_2026,
  title = {Tiny pipistrelle (Pipistrellus nanulus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/tiny-pipistrelle},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}