{{Short description|Species of bat}} {{speciesbox | image = | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn 2017">{{cite journal| last1=Monadjem| first1= A.| last2= Fahr| first2= J.| year= 2017| title= Pipistrellus crassulus| journal= The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species| volume= 2017| page= e.T44853A22072238| doi= 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T44853A22072238.en| doi-access= free}}</ref> | genus = Nycticeinops | species = crassulus | authority = (Thomas, 1904) | synonyms = ''Pipistrellus crassulus'' <small>Thomas, 1904</small><br> ''Hypsugo crassulus'' <br> ''Parahypsugo crassulus'' <small>Hutterer, Decher, Monadjem, and Astrin, 2019</small> }} The '''broad-headed serotine''' ('''''Nycticeinops crassulus'''''), formerly known as the '''broad-headed pipistrelle''', is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Wilson|first1=Don E.|last2=Reeder|first2=DeeAnn M.|title=Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference|date=2005|publisher=JHU Press|isbn=9780801882210|page=490|language=en}}</ref> It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Guinea, liberia, Kenya, South Sudan, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical and tropical forests.
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