Kerivoula crypta
Wroughton & Ryley, 1913
Cryptic 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
Authority citation
Wroughton, R.C. and Ryley, K.V. 1913-04-21. Scientific results from the Mammal Survey. III. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 22(1):13-21.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30154883Original name as described
Kerivoula crypta
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1912.8.25.2
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f53e9a9a-a145-4fc8-a099-139b2e3a0a07Type locality
"Shimoga [= Shivamogga], South India."
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya
Country distribution
India
Taxonomy notes
split from K. hardwickii, may include K. malpasi
Taxonomy notes citation
Tu, V. T., Hassanin, A., Furey, N. M., Son, N. T., & Csorba, G. (2018). Four species in one: multigene analyses reveal phylogenetic patterns within Hardwicke's woolly bat, Kerivoula hardwickii-complex (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) in Asia. Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy, 29(1), 111-121.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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