Kerivoula lanosa

(A. Smith, 1847)

Lesser 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

Illustr. Zool. S. Afr. Mamm., pl. 50

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51577908

Original name as described

Vespertilio lanosus

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.1.538, BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.1.539

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/13a7eda4-192f-48e4-ac8e-fe4795e1680e https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6d60db24-5cd7-4265-836c-be77e69d0581

Type locality

322 km east of Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Benin? · Togo? · Nigeria · Cameroon · Gabon · Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Republic of the Congo? · Ethiopia · Kenya · Uganda? · Tanzania · Burundi? · Rwanda? · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique · Botswana · Zimbabwe · Angola? · Eswatini · South Africa

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005296

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 brunnea

Dobson, 1878

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

brunnea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1852.8.12.9

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e714f900-65af-4d0b-9796-58c8060c6ee0

Authority page

334

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37695400

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

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

Kerivoula harrisoni

O. Thomas, 1901

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

harrisoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1900.11.4.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c6f9c8ab-ce9a-411a-9d69-459564bca930

Authority page

802 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35995122

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Vespertilio lanosus

(A. Smith, 1847)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

lanosa

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.1.538, BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.1.539

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/13a7eda4-192f-48e4-ac8e-fe4795e1680e https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6d60db24-5cd7-4265-836c-be77e69d0581

Authority page

pl. 50

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51577908

Authority publication

London

Kerivoula muscilla

O. Thomas, 1906

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

muscilla

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1908.6.23.10

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5cebe3fc-e97e-4bec-a5a5-9fedaf034be1 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5cebe3fc-e97e-4bec-a5a5-9fedaf034be1/1677110400000

Authority page

294

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19366555

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Kerivoula lucia

Hinton, 1920

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

lucia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1920.11.3.27

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/20f5ba47-76e3-478d-9d9f-b67d7767d483 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/20f5ba47-76e3-478d-9d9f-b67d7767d483/1677110400000

Authority page

240

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19240038

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Kerivoula harrisoni bellula

Aellen, 1959

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

bellula

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MHNG 965.38

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

221

Authority publication

Archives des Sciences

Name usages

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

Kerivoula lanosa

A. Roberts, 1913

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

lanosa

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. Corbet & Hill (1980:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:178) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  5. Monadjem, Schoeman, Reside, Pio, Stoffberg, Bayliss, Cotterill, Curran, Kopp & Taylor (2010:383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1775)
  6. Happold & Happold (2013:730) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10977) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10977) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:902) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005296) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10977/22021700) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Kerivoula lanosa harrisoni

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

harrisoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:902) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Kerivoula lanosa lanosa

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

lanosa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:902) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Kerivoula lanosa lucia

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

lucia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Kerivoula lanosa muscilla

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

muscilla

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:902) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Kerivoula lueia

P. S. Kershaw, 1922

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

lueia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

99

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24252977

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

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