Kerivoula agnella

O. Thomas, 1908

Saint Aignan's Woolly Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Vespertilionidae
Subfamily : Kerivoulinae
Genus : Kerivoula

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1908-10-01. New bats and rodents in the British Museum collection. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)2(10):370-375.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26494464

Original name as described

Kerivoula agnella

Other common names

Louisiade Woolly Bat · Saint Aignan's Trumpet-eared Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1898.4.1.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fbce1b20-5faf-49c4-82f4-5c5b379b756e

Type locality

"St. Aignan Island [= Misima Island, Louisiade Archipelago], S.E. of New Guinea [= Papua New Guinea]."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005283

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Kerivoula agnella

O. Thomas, 1908

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

agnella

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1898.4.1.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fbce1b20-5faf-49c4-82f4-5c5b379b756e

Authority page

372

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26494464

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:178) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10968) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10968) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:901) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005283) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10968/209548421) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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