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Pipistrellus abramus (Japanese house bat)

Synonyms: Vespertilio abramus; Vespertilio pumiloides; Vspertilio akokomuli

Wikipedia Abstract

The Japanese house bat or Japanese pipistrelle (Pipistrellus abramus) is a species of vesper bat. An adult has a body length of 3.6–4.8 cm (1.4–1.9 in), a tail of 2.9–4.0 cm (1.1–1.6 in), and a wing length of 3.2–3.6 cm (1.3–1.4 in). It prefers to roost under the ceiling or inside the roof of old buildings. It is found across East Asia, from China and Taiwan into the Ussuri region, the Korean Peninsula, and Japan.
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  5 grams
Birth Weight [1]  1 grams
Forages - Aerial [2]  100 %
Gestation [1]  71 days
Litter Size [1]  2
Maximum Longevity [1]  3 years
Nocturnal [2]  Yes

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Ischnopsyllus elongatus[3]
Ischnopsyllus indicus[3]
Nycteridopsylla dicondylata[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3International Flea Database
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0