Soprano pipistrelle
The soprano pipistrelle ( Pipistrellus pygmaeus ) is a species of bat. She is a Zwillingsart the common pipistrelle.
It differs from the common pipistrelle is that it is slightly smaller and so is the smallest Central European bat species. Their echolocation sounds are not at the usual 45 kHz, but have a final frequency of about 55 kHz.
The mosquito bat was discovered in 2000 by British researchers. The nomenclatural name Pipistrellus pygmaeus is currently only subject to the nomenclatural recognition by the International Commission for Zoological Nomenclature ( ICZN ) to use. Due nomenclatural priority rules to be used as author of the first description as well as the year of first description of Pipistrellus pygmaeus ( Leach, 1825). Synonymous also Pipistrellus mediterraneus ( Cabrera, 1904) is used for this type.
Nutrition
She got her name because they mainly feed on mosquitoes.
Deposits in Germany
The largest population in Germany, with around 800 animals, was discovered in August 2011 in the Thuringian city of Gera.
System
The mosquito bat belongs to the genus of Pipistrelle bats ( Pipistrellus ), which comprises about 35 species. In Europe, four other species that Nathusius' pipistrelle ( Pipistrellus nathusii ), the common pipistrelle ( Pipistrellus pipistrellus ), the white border bat ( Pipistrellus kuhlii ) and the Madeira - bat ( Pipistrellus maderensis ) live.
The population of Cyprus was established in 2007 as a separate subspecies Pipistrellus pygmaeus subsp. cyprius described.
Threat
The mosquito bat is under protection. In large areas of its range it is much rarer than the common pipistrelle, but in some limited areas, it is even considered more often. In Greece, it is generally even more frequently than the common pipistrelle. In the area of forestry, mosquito bat is endangered, for example, by the decline of riparian forests in settlements by district losses in bauverändernden work.
On the Red List of Germany the species is in the stage - out in the IUCN Red List 2006, she has not yet been taken into account "D insufficient data ".