Nocturnal bat. Insectivorous, feeding on mosquitos and fruit flies. Flight very weak, at low altitude around trees and vegetation, especially Tamarix. The fairy pipistrelle uses echolocation (at a frequency-moduled - constant-frequency or quasi-constant-frequency calls with an end-frequency ca.45 kHz) to detect prey. Little information available on the biology of The fairy pipistrelle except that the breeding season takes place in January and female gives birth of two young in June.
Fairy pipistrelle is a small bat. Fur on the upperparts long, dense and brown to deep olive-buff in color. Line dividing dorsal and ventral sides unclear on sides of neck. Muzzle broad and rounded, with obvious orange-centred glands. Ears rounded, narrow, large relative to slim body, pale and semi-transparent. Tragus large, nearly half the length of pinna, with long and thin antitragus. Tail relatively long, tip projecting from flight membrane. Tail and wing membrane transparent and dull in color.
Narrow (Sinai)
The fairy pipistrelle roosts in caves, rock crevices and houses in desert oases and wadis containing Acacia and Tamarix.
Body length 66.5–71 mm, forearm 28.5–30.7 mm, 5th digit ca.38 mm, 3rd digit ca.54 mm.
Native, resident.
The desert pipistrelle (Hypsugo ariel) is a species of vesper bat in the genus Hypsugo. It is found in Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Yemen. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, rocky areas, and hot deserts.
The desert pipistrelle (Hypsugo ariel) is a species of vesper bat in the genus Hypsugo. It is found in Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Yemen. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, rocky areas, and hot deserts.
