Kerivoula argentata

Tomes, 1861

Damara 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

Tomes, R.F. 1861-05. Notes on a collection of bats made by Mr. Andersson in the Damara Country, south-western Africa, with notices of some other African species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1861(1):31-40.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28672472

Original name as described

Kerivoula argentata

Other common names

Silvery Woolly Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.1.540

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fd40d9ff-8fe9-48ba-ace1-525a43319b16

Type locality

"Otjoro [= Otjihoro]," Ovamboland, Namibia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Kenya · Tanzania · Burundi? · Zambia · Malawi · Namibia · Angola? · Mozambique · Zimbabwe · South Africa

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005284

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 argentata

Tomes, 1861

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

argentata

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.1.540

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fd40d9ff-8fe9-48ba-ace1-525a43319b16

Authority page

32

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28672472

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Shortridge (1934:70) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69309)
  2. Hill & Carter (1941:53) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:178) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1991:85) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  6. Koopman (1993:196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  7. Koopman (1994:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  8. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  9. Monadjem, Schoeman, Reside, Pio, Stoffberg, Bayliss, Cotterill, Curran, Kopp & Taylor (2010:383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1775)
  10. Happold & Happold (2013:726) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10969) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10969) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  13. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:904) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  14. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  15. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10969/21970780) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Nycticejus nidicola

(J. Kirk, 1865)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

nidicola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1864.1.9.37, BMNH:Mamm:1864.1.9.38, BMNH:Mamm:1864.1.9.39

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/955c0aaf-cc32-4b6a-9212-216848be571d https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/bc2ef8f7-90dc-4ea4-a140-4b177d37fecf https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e167b2d9-760a-4d1b-9aad-fd26f53d1439

Authority page

651

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28500994

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Murray (1866:348, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580344) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Kerivoula nidicola

A. Roberts, 1913

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

nidicola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

67

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439525

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

  1. Roberts (1913:67, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  2. Roberts (1924:61) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17634)

Kerivoula nidicola zuluensis

A. Roberts, 1924

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

zuluensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 3025

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

61

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Roberts (1924:61) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17634)

K. a. argentata

Koopman, 1994

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

argentata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

99

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

K. a. nidicola

Koopman, 1994

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

nidicola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

99

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:904) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

K. a. zuluensis

Koopman, 1994

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

zuluensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

99

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:904) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

P. s. zuluensis

(Koopman, 1994)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

zuluensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

117

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Koopman (1994:117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

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