Pipistrellus pygmaeus (Leach, 1825)

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Pipistrellus
Characterisation
Trogloxene
Distribution
Europe to Ukraine and W Russia
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Katratzides mine galleries, Papadatou 2010
    Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Evros / Municipality: Soufli / Closest settlement: Dadia
  • Tsoutouros mine galleries, Papadatou 2010
    Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Evros / Municipality: Soufli / Closest settlement: Dadia
  • Spilaio Megali Vouva Lefkimmis, Papadatou 2010
    Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Evros / Municipality: Soufli / Closest settlement: Lefkimmi
  • Spilaio Zachariadi, Papadatou et al. 2011, Papadatou et al. 2012, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Region: Dytiki Makedonia / Regional unit: Florina / Municipality: Prespes / Closest settlement: Pyli
  • Varathro Agion Theodoron, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Kefalonia / Municipality: Kefalonia / Closest settlement: Karavomylos
  • Spilaio Korykeio Antro, Hanak et al. 2001, Beron 2016
    Region: Sterea Ellada / Regional unit: Fokida / Municipality: Delfoi / Closest settlement: Delfoi
  • Spilaio Katavothra Aliartou, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Region: Sterea Ellada / Regional unit: Voiotia / Municipality: Orchomenos / Closest settlement: Akraifnio
  • Spilaio Agiou Isidorou, Hanak et al. 2001, Beron 2016
    Region: Voreio Aigaio / Regional unit: Lesvos / Municipality: Lesvos / Closest settlement: Agios Isidoros
IUCN Red List
LC - Least Concern
Greece's Red Data Book
LC - Least Concern
Protection status
  • Bern Convention: Appendix II in Council of Europe 1979 - Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats / Law 1335/1983, OGG 32/Α/14-03-1983 (Integration of the Bern Convention)
  • Bonn Convention: Appendix II in Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, 1979 / Law 2719/1999, OGG 106/26-5-1999 (Integration of the Bonn Convention)
  • Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC): Appendix IV / Joined Ministerial Decision 33318/3028/1998, OGG 1289/Β/1998 (Integration of the Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC)
  • Law 86/1969, OGG7/Α/1969 (Forest Code modified by Law 2637/1998, OGG 200/A/1998)
Check Databases
Fauna Europea
GBIF
IUCN Red List
PESI
NCBI
Species references
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Georgiakakis P, Kafkaletou Diez A, Salvarina I, Benda P, Billington G, Dietz C, Billington J, Cove D, Davison S, Cooke M, Papadatou E. 2023. The Bats of Greece: An Updated Review of Their Distribution, Ecology and Conservation. Animals. 2023; 13(15):2529. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13152529
  • Hanak, V., Benda, P., Ruedi, M., Homcek, I. & Sofianidou, T. 2001. Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the Eastern Mediterranean. Part 2. New records and review of distribution of bats in Greece. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae, 65: 279-346.
  • Papadatou, E. 2010. Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera): species diversity, distribution and abundance. In Catsadorakis, G. Källander, H. The Dadia-Lefkimi-Soufli Forest National Park, Greece: Biodiversity, management and conservation. WWF Greece, Athens. pp. 215-226.
  • Papadatou, E., Grémillet, X. & Bego, F. 2011. Status survey and conservation action plan for the bats of Prespa. Society for the Protection of Prespa (SPP), Agios Germanos. pp. 170.
  • Papadatou E., Grémillet X., Bego F. 2012. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan for Caves and Bats of Prespa. Final report in the framework of the project “Landscape Scale Conservation in the Prespa Lake Basin – Transboundary Species and Habitat Conservation Action Plans.”, pp 54
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Pipistrellus pygmaeus (Leach, 1825). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 17.11.2025, Accessed 07.07.2026