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title: "Japanese Pipistrelle"
description: "Alionoctula abramus — Mammiferi. The Japanese pipistrelle (Alionoctula abramus), also known as Japanese house bat, is a species of vesper bat."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/japanese-pipistrelle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Japanese Pipistrelle

> Alionoctula abramus — Mammiferi. The Japanese pipistrelle (Alionoctula abramus), also known as Japanese house bat,  is a species of vesper bat.

- Scientific name: *Alionoctula abramus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `urban` (Città e giardini)
- iNaturalist observations: 1065
- iNaturalist taxon: [1688708](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1688708)

## Names

- en: Japanese Pipistrelle
- de: Japanische Zwergfledermaus

## Countries with the most observations

TW (314), JP (46), HK (25), CN (24), MO (9), VN (6)

## Summary

The Japanese pipistrelle (Alionoctula abramus), also known as Japanese house bat,  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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_pipistrelle

## Photo

![Japanese Pipistrelle](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/japanese-pipistrelle/medium.jpg)

Photo: 烏衣行 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/140203258

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/japanese-pipistrelle?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).