Kerivoula

Genus of bats

Kerivoula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Subfamily: Kerivoulinae
Genus: Kerivoula
Gray, 1842
Type species
Vespertilio pictus
Pallas, 1767
Species

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Kerivoula is a genus of vesper bats in the subfamily Kerivoulinae.[1] They are found throughout tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, and New Guinea.

Species within this genus are:

  • Tanzanian woolly bat (Kerivoula africana)
  • St. Aignan's trumpet-eared bat (Kerivoula agnella)
  • Damara woolly bat (Kerivoula argentata)
  • Cryptic woolly bat (Kerivoula crypta)
  • Copper woolly bat (Kerivoula cuprosa)
  • Flat-skulled woolly bat (Kerivoula depressa)
  • Indochinese woolly bat (Kerivoula dongduongana)
  • Ethiopian woolly bat (Kerivoula eriophora)
  • Flores woolly bat (Kerivoula flora)
  • Dark woolly bat (Kerivoula furva)
  • Hardwicke's woolly bat (Kerivoula hardwickii)
  • Small woolly bat (Kerivoula intermedia)
  • Kachin woolly bat (Kerivoula kachinensis)
  • Krau woolly bat (Kerivoula krauensis)
  • Lesser woolly bat (Kerivoula lanosa)
  • Lenis woolly bat (Kerivoula lenis)
  • Sri Lankan woolly bat (Kerivoula malpasi)
  • Least woolly bat (Kerivoula minuta)
  • Fly River trumpet-eared bat (Kerivoula muscina)
  • Bismarck's trumpet-eared bat (Kerivoula myrella)
  • Papillose woolly bat (Kerivoula papillosa)
  • Clear-winged woolly bat (Kerivoula pellucida)
  • Spurrell's woolly bat (Kerivoula phalaena)
  • Painted bat (Kerivoula picta)
  • Bornean woolly bat (K. pusilla)
  • Smith's woolly bat (Kerivoula smithii)
  • Titania's woolly bat (Kerivoula titania)
  • Whitehead's woolly bat (Kerivoula whiteheadi)
Taxon identifiers
Kerivoula

References

  1. ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.


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