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title: "Gewone dwergvleermuis"
description: "Pipistrellus pipistrellus — Zoogdieren. The common pipistrelle is a small pipistrelle microbat whose very large range extends across most of Europe, North Africa, and central South Asia, and may extend into Korea."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/common-pipistrelle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gewone dwergvleermuis

> Pipistrellus pipistrellus — Zoogdieren. The common pipistrelle is a small pipistrelle microbat whose very large range extends across most of Europe, North Africa, and central South Asia, and may extend into Korea.

- Scientific name: *Pipistrellus pipistrellus*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: `urban` (Steden en tuinen)
- iNaturalist observations: 7611
- Wikidata: [Q176901](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q176901)
- iNaturalist taxon: [40364](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/40364)

## Names

- en: Common Pipistrelle
- de: Zwergfledermaus
- es: Murciélago enano o común
- fr: Pipistrelle Commune
- nl: Gewone dwergvleermuis
- pt: Morcego-anão
- pl: Karlik malutki

## Countries with the most observations

GB (866), FR (199), DE (187), IT (85), NL (66), ES (49), PT (46), AT (33), BE (29), PL (23), CH (20), MT (15)

## Summary

The common pipistrelle is a small pipistrelle microbat whose very large range extends across most of Europe, North Africa, and central South Asia, and may extend into Korea. It is one of the most common bat species in the British Isles. In Europe, the northernmost confirmed records are from southern Finland near 60°N.

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

## Photo

![Gewone dwergvleermuis](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-pipistrelle/medium.jpg)

Photo: Rebecca Carter-Whitehead · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/309674087

## Machine access

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