Kerivoulinae

Kerivoulinae
Clear-winged woolly bat ( Kerivoula pellucida )
Systematics
Subclass : Higher mammals (Eutheria) Superordinate : Laurasiatheria Order : Bats (chiroptera) Superfamily : Smooth-nosed (Vespertilionoidea) Family : Smooth-nosed (Vespertilionidae) Subfamily : Kerivoulinae
Scientific name
Kerivoulinae
Miller , 1907

The Kerivoulinae are a group of bats from the smooth-nosed family (Vespertilionidae). Two genera belong to this group.

features

The following morphological properties are mentioned as diagnostic features of the Kerivoulinae: the second finger bone of the third finger is about as long as the first. The skull is high and rounded. The ears are funnel-shaped with a distinct bulge below the tip. The tragus (ear cover) is long, narrow and pointed. There are six molars in the upper jaw . The fur is woolly.

Internal system

The Kerivoulinae includes 2 genera, the woolly bats ( Kerivoula ), with over 20 species in Africa, Southeast Asia and Australia, and the trumpet ears ( Phoniscus ) with 4 species in Southeast Asia and Australia.

supporting documents

1. ↑ ^{a b} Meredith Happold: Subfamily Kerivoulinae - Wooly Bats. Page 723 in Meredith Happold and David Happold (Eds.): Mammals of Africa Volume IV. Hedgehogs, Shrews and Bats. Bloomsbury, London, 2013, ISBN 978-1-4081-2254-9
2. ↑ Kerivoulinae in the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Retrieved February 22, 2018.