Kerivoula smithii

O. Thomas, 1880

Smith'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

Thomas, O. 1880-08-01. On bats from Old Calabar. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5)6(32):164-167.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25170391

Original name as described

Kerivoula smithii

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1880.7.21.9

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e1dfff7e-210e-4e5e-ac0f-3338673d63fb

Type locality

"Old Calabar," Nigeria.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Nigeria · Cameroon · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Kenya

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005307

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 smithii

O. Thomas, 1880

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

smithii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1880.7.21.9

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e1dfff7e-210e-4e5e-ac0f-3338673d63fb

Authority page

166

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25170391

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Happold & Happold (2013:733) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10986) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10986) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:903) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005307) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10986/22023189) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Kerivoula smithi

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

smithi

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 (1982:179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

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