Wool bats
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Kerivoula aerosa & Kerivoula lanosa , Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1858 |
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The woolly bats ( Kerivoula ) are a species of bat from the smooth-nosed family (Vespertilionidae), where they are classified in their own subfamily, Kerivoulinae. The genus includes over 25 species that are common in Africa , Southeast Asia , New Guinea and Australia .
description
Woolly bats are characterized by their woolly, brightly colored fur, which is why they are called " Painted Bats " in English . Some species are orange in color, with black wings and orange fingers. Other types are reddish brown, olive or greyish, often with greyish-white speckles. The ears are large and pointy, with 38 teeth most of all bats have them. These bats are very small animals, they reach a head body length of 31 to 57 millimeters, a tail length of 32 to 55 millimeters and a weight of 4 to 10 grams.
Way of life
Woolly bats live mainly in forests. Leaves, tree hollows and sometimes the abandoned nests of weaver birds serve as sleeping places . Their fur color is similar to the leaves of some trees and thus serves as a camouflage. They sleep alone or in small groups of up to four animals that may constitute family groups. Like most bats, they are nocturnal and their diet is likely to consist of insects.
The species
There are over 25 species of the genus Kerivoula :
- Kerivoula aerosa is hardly known. She may live in Sulawesi .
- Kerivoula africana isendemicto Tanzania . The species is considered threatened.
- Kerivoula agnella only lives on a few islands southeast of New Guinea . The IUCN lists them as endangered.
- Colorful woolly bat ( Kerivoula argentata ) is common in eastern and southern Africa .
- Kerivoula atrox lives on the Malay Peninsula , Sumatra and Borneo .
- Kerivoula cuprosa is common from Cameroon to Kenya .
- Kerivoula depressa
- Kerivoula eriophora isendemicto Ethiopia . The species is known from only one specimen and is possibly conspecific with Kerivoula africana .
- Kerivoula flora lives on Borneo and the Lesser Sunda Islands .
- Kerivoula furva lives on Taiwan and the opposite mainland.
- Hardwick woolly bat ( Kerivoula hardwickii ) is common from India to the Philippines and the Lesser Sunda Islands.
- Kerivoula intermedia is native to the Malay Peninsula and Borneo.
- Kerivoula jagorii is common in the southern Philippines and Indonesia.
- Kerivoula kachinensis is found in Southeast Asia.
- Little woolly bat ( Kerivoula lanosa ) lives all over sub-Saharan Africa.
- Kerivoula minuta is native to the Malay Peninsula and Borneo.
- Kerivoula muscina is endemic to New Guinea. The species is considered endangered.
- Kerivoula myrella is known from the Moluccas and the Bismarck Archipelago . The species is considered endangered.
- Kerivoula papillosa is common from northeastern India to Sulawesi.
- Kerivoula papuensis lives in New Guinea and in eastern Australia.
- Clear-winged woolly bat ( Kerivoula pellucida ) is native to Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines.
- Kerivoula phalaena lives in central Africa from Liberia to the Democratic Republic of the Congo .
- Kerivoula picta is one of the best known and most colorful species. It is widespread from India to southern China and the Moluccas.
- Kerivoula smithii is native to central Africa.
- Kerivoula titania occurs in Southeast Asia.
- Kerivoula whiteheadi lives in the Philippines, Malaysia and Borneo.
literature
- Ronald M. Nowak: Walker's Mammals of the World. 2 volumes. 6th edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD et al. 1999, ISBN 0-8018-5789-9 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hao-Chih Kuo, Pipat Soisook, Ying-Yi Ho, Gabor Csorba, Chun-Neng Wang and Stephen J. Rossiter. 2017. A Taxonomic Revision of the Kerivoula hardwickii complex (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) with the Description of A New Species. Acta Chiropterologica. 19 (1); 19-39. DOI: 10.3161 / 15081109ACC2017.19.1.002
