Kerivoula picta

(Pallas, 1767)

Painted 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

Pallas, P.S. 1767. Spicilegia Zoologica. Fasciculus tertius. Gottlieb August Lange, Berlin, 35 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27817715

Original name as described

Vespertilio pictus

Other common names

Painted Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1867.4.12.342

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

"Ceylona & e Molluccano Archipelago." Restricted by G. H. H. Tate in 1941 to "Island of Ternate, near Halmahera," Molucca Islands, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya · Australasia

Country distribution

India · Sri Lanka · Bangladesh · Nepal · Myanmar · Thailand · Laos · Vietnam · Cambodia · China · Malaysia · Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005305

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 pictus

(Pallas, 1767)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

picta

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1867.4.12.342

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

7

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27817715

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:150, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872947) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Fischer (1814:xix, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130080) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  3. Desmarest (1821:141, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523905) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
  4. Lesson (1827:91, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207559) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  5. Temminck (1840:223) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59644)
  6. Schinz (1844:174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36043)

Kerivoula picta bellissima

O. Thomas, 1906

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

bellissima

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.1.13.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3807137f-d1b8-4a16-bc2b-f7f50ab6180a

Authority page

423

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19245641

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:387) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:900) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Pipistrellus pictus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

pictus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

29

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:29) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Kerivoula picta

E. L. Layard, 1851

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

picta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

405

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13788005

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Layard (1851:405, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13788005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67277)
  2. Kelaart (1852:156, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278676) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67270)
  3. Blyth (1863:34, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534706) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  5. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  6. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  7. Smith & Xie (2008:386) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10985) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10985) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:900) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005305) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10985/22022952) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Kerivoulha picta

Kelaart, 1852

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

picta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

25

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257266

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Kelaart (1852:25, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257266) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38608)

Kirivoulha picta

Kelaart, 1890

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

picta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

317

Authority publication

Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society

Name usages

Kelaart (1890:317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60533)

Kerivoula picta picta

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

picta

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 (2019:900) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Vespertilio pictus rubellus

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

rubella

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

96

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664114

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

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

Vespertilio Kirivoula

(F. Cuvier, 1832)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

kirivoula

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notintendedasascientific_name

Authority page

9

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33122272

Authority publication

Nouvelles annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

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

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