| gastrointestinal helminths of pipistrelle bats (pipistrellus pipistrellus/pipistrellus pygmaeus) (chiroptera: vespertilionidae) of england. | although bats are one of the most successful and diverse of mammalian orders, studies that focus upon bat endoparasites are limited. to further knowledge of bat parasitology, pipistrelle bats (pipistrellus pipistrellus and p. pygmaeus) were acquired from across the greater manchester and lancashire region of england and examined for gastrointestinal helminths using morphological and molecular analyses. sixty-eight of 90 adult/juvenile bats (76% prevalence) were infected with at least 1 species o ... | 2012 | 22217158 |