The Javan or Eastern pipistrelle (Pipistrellus javanicus) is a species of pipistrelle bat found in South and Southeast Asia.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Genus: | Pipistrellus |
| Species: | P. javanicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pipistrellus javanicus Gray, 1838
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Range and habitat
editThe Javan Pipistrelle lives throughout much of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Relationship to humans
editHuman infrastructure
editIt favors human habitations, such as external crevices in old buildings, and culverts. Reports across cities suggest that they are adapted to living there despite the urban clutter. In urban areas, they are often found roosting individually or sparsely.[2]
As possible disease reservoirs
editA 2010 research paper from the Philippines regarding the prevalence of coronaviruses in bats tested several Java pipistrelle bats, but none of the tested samples gave a positive result.[3]
References
edit- ^ Kruskop, S.V.; Srinivasulu, B.; Srinivasulu, C. (2019). "Pipistrellus javanicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T17344A22128905. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T17344A22128905.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Javan pipistrelle at Kent Ridge campus" (PDF). National University of Singapore. Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, Singapore Biodiversity Records. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
- ^ "Table 1 - Bat Coronaviruses and Experimental Infection of Bats, the Philippines - Volume 16, Number 8—August 2010 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC". Emerging Infectious Diseases journal. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
- Won, Changman; Kimberly G. Smith (1999). "History and current status of mammals of the Korean Peninsula". Mammal Review. 29 (1). Mammal Society: 3–33. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2907.1999.00034.x.
