Kerivoula muscina

Tate, 1941

Fly River 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

Tate, G.H.H. 1941-12-31. Notes on vespertilionid bats of the subfamilies Miniopterinae, Murininae, Kerivoulinae, and Nyctophilinae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 78(9):567-597.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2246/1782

Original name as described

Kerivoula muscina

Other common names

Fly River Trumpet-eared Bat

Type material

AMNH M-105315

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Lake Daviumbu, 6 miles [= 9.7 km] above mouth of Strickland River, middle Fly River, Western Division [= Province], Papua [New Guinea]; altitude approximately 20 meters."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea · Indonesia?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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