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Kerivoula

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

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassMammalia
  4. OrderChiroptera
  5. FamilyVespertilionidae
Observations recorded3,789

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
106
With media
6
Family
Vespertilionidae
Collections
ROM, UAM, FMNH
Recorded in
Malaysia; Malaya, Cambodia, Laos, Philippines, Democratic Republic Of The Congo (Zaire), Vietnam, Malaysia, Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The

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Kerivoula is a genus of vesper bats in the subfamily Kerivoulinae. 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)

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kerivoula” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.