Kerivoula hardwickii

(Horsfield, 1824)

Hardwicke'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

Horsfield, T. 1824-09. No. VIII. _Sciurus bicolor_. _Mus setifer_. _Vespertilio Temminckii_. _Cheiromeles torquatus_. _Prinia familiaris_. _Perdix personata_. _Parra superciliosa_. _Anas arcuata_. in Horsfield, T. 1824. Zoological Researches in Java, and the Neighbouring Islands. Kingsbury, Parbury, & Allen, London, not continuously paginated pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31111914

Original name as described

Vespertilio hardwickii

Other common names

Common Woolly Bat · Hardwicke's Forest Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1879.11.21.181

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/928adc94-0a58-441b-8b28-ba5d9009f2b2

Type locality

Java, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya · Australasia

Country distribution

Thailand · Myanmar · Laos · Vietnam · Cambodia · Malaysia · Singapore · Indonesia · Brunei · Philippines

Taxonomy notes

previously included K. crypta, K. malpasi, and K. depressa

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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005292

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.

Vespertilio hardwickii

(Horsfield, 1824)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

hardwickii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1879.11.21.181

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/928adc94-0a58-441b-8b28-ba5d9009f2b2

Authority page

pl. 9 (unnumbered p. 4)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31111914

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Temminck (1840:222) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59644)
  2. Schinz (1844:173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36043)

Kerivoula engana

G. S. Miller, 1906

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

engana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:141020

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/382891b22-a5f6-4a08-8c8a-53e0a3207aa3

Authority page

825

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15787069

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Vespertilio Hardwichii

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

hardwichii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

25

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:25) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Kerivoula hardwickei

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

hardwickei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

76

Authority publication

London

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)

Kerivoula hardwickii

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

hardwickii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:386) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000223) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000223) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:896) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005292) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/154195594/21973742) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Kerivoula fusca

Dobson, 1871

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

fusca

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

215

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12393597

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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