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 specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-105315

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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005300

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 muscina

Tate, 1941

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

muscina

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-105315

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-105315

Authority page

586

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Laurie & Hill (1954:76, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635616) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:85) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Koopman (1993:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  6. Koopman (1994:98) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  7. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10979) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10979) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:901) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005300) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10979/209536068) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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