Pipistrelle bat

Dr. Bonnie Henry, Provincial Health officer, has confirmed that a man has died after contracting rabies from a bat on Vancouver Island.

This small brown and black bat relies on trees to hunt. Find out where common pipistrelle bats live, what they eat and how they breed.

This could be a Common pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) or a Soprano pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pygmaeus). The dark colouring around the eyes suggests the former - the common pip is also known as the bandit pip because it has a dark "mask" - but from this picture alone it is impossible to tell. These species are the smallest bats in the UK.

Photograph of Pipistrelle Bat (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) rescue preparing to be fed. Europe & Asia. Rights managed image. Warren Photographic WP11459

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Bat flight has been studied for a considerable length of time, but there have been some serious missing pieces in the research. A new study published in the journal Mammalia shows how little we have actually known about the distances that bats may fly. #bats #batflight #mammaliajournal #flyingmammal #tinybats

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Photograph of Pipistrelle Bat (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) juvenile. Rights managed white background image. Warren Photographic WP20143

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