Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Cladus: Scrotifera
Ordo: Chiroptera
Subordo: Yangochiroptera
Superfamilia: Vespertilionoidea
Familia: Vespertilionidae
Subfamilia: Kerivoulinae
Genus: Kerivoula
Species (28): K. africana – K. agnella – K. argentata – K. crypta – K. cuprosa – K. depressa – K. dongduongana – K. eriophora – K. flora – K. furva – K. hardwickii – K. intermedia – K. kachinensis – K. krauensis – K. lanosa – K. lenis – K. malpasi – K. minuta – K. muscina – K. myrella – K. papillosa – K. pellucida – K. phalaena – K. picta – K. pusilla – K. smithii – K. titania – K. whiteheadi
Name
Kerivoula Gray, 1842: 259
Type species: Vespertilio pictus Pallas, 1767, by subsequent designation.
Synonyms
Cerivoula Blanford, 1891
Nyctophylax Fitzinger, 1861
References
Primary references
Gray, J.E. 1842. Descriptions of some new genera and fifty unrecorded species of Mammalia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 1 10(65): 255–267. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
Liang, x-l., Xie, H-X., Li, Y., Huang, Z., Li, S., Wu, Y. & Yu, W-H. 2023. First record of the flat-skulled woolly bat Kerivoula depressa and the Indochinese woolly bat K. dongduongana (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) in China. Zookeys 1149ː 1–15. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1149.85821 Open access Reference page.
Sedlock, J.L., Heaney, L.R., Balete, D.S. & Ruedi, M. 2020. Philippine bats of the genus Kerivoula (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae): Overview and assessment of variation in K. pellucida and K. whiteheadi. Zootaxa 4755(3): 454–490. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4755.3.2 Open access pdf Reference page.
Vernacular names
English: Vesper Bats
Kerivoula is a genus of vesper bats in the subfamily Kerivoulinae.[1] They are found throughout tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, and New Guinea.
Species within this genus are:
Tanzanian woolly bat (Kerivoula africana)
St. Aignan's trumpet-eared bat (Kerivoula agnella)
Damara woolly bat (Kerivoula argentata)
Cryptic woolly bat (Kerivoula crypta)
Copper woolly bat (Kerivoula cuprosa)
Flat-skulled woolly bat (Kerivoula depressa)
Indochinese woolly bat (Kerivoula dongduongana)
Ethiopian woolly bat (Kerivoula eriophora)
Flores woolly bat (Kerivoula flora)
Dark woolly bat (Kerivoula furva)
Hardwicke's woolly bat (Kerivoula hardwickii)
Small woolly bat (Kerivoula intermedia)
Kachin woolly bat (Kerivoula kachinensis)
Krau woolly bat (Kerivoula krauensis)
Lesser woolly bat (Kerivoula lanosa)
Lenis woolly bat (Kerivoula lenis)
Sri Lankan woolly bat (Kerivoula malpasi)
Least woolly bat (Kerivoula minuta)
Fly River trumpet-eared bat (Kerivoula muscina)
Bismarck's trumpet-eared bat (Kerivoula myrella)
Papillose woolly bat (Kerivoula papillosa)
Clear-winged woolly bat (Kerivoula pellucida)
Spurrell's woolly bat (Kerivoula phalaena)
Painted bat (Kerivoula picta)
Bornean woolly bat (K. pusilla)
Smith's woolly bat (Kerivoula smithii)
Titania's woolly bat (Kerivoula titania)
Whitehead's woolly bat (Kerivoula whiteheadi)
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