Kerivoula

Kerivoula aerosa & Kerivoula lanosa, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1858

Kerivoula is a bat species from the family of Myotis bats ( Vespertilionidae ), where it is in its own subfamily, Kerivoulinae, like. The genus includes about 22 species that are common in Africa, Southeast Asia, New Guinea and Australia.

Description

These bats are characterized by their woolly, colorful fur, which is why they are referred to in English as "Painted Bats ". Some species are orange colored, with black wings and orange fingers. Other species are red-brown, olivaceous or greyish, often with a grayish-white Einsprenkelungen. The ears are large and pointed, with 38 teeth they have, most of all bats. These bats are very small animals, they reach a body length 31-57 mm, a tail length of 32-55 mm and a weight of 4 to 10 grams.

Way of life

These bats live mainly in forests. As Sleeps serve them leaves, tree holes and sometimes the abandoned nests of weaver birds. Their coat color is similar to the leaves of some trees and thus serves as camouflage. You sleep alone or in small groups of up to four animals may represent the family groups. Like most bats are nocturnal, their food should consist of insects.

The types

We distinguish 22 species of the genus Kerivoula:

  • Kerivoula aerosa is hardly known. You may live on Sulawesi.
  • Kerivoula africana is endemic to Tanzania. The species is considered threatened.
  • Kerivoula agnella lives only on a few islands south-east of New Guinea. The IUCN lists them as endangered.
  • Kerivoula argentata is widespread in eastern and southern Africa.
  • Kerivoula atrox lives on the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo.
  • Kerivoula cuprosa is distributed from Cameroon to Kenya.
  • Kerivoula eriophora is endemic in Ethiopia. The species is known only through a copy and possibly conspecific with Kerivoula africana.
  • Kerivoula flora to Borneo and the Lesser Sunda Islands.
  • Hardwick - wool bat ( Kerivoula hardwickii ) is distributed from India to the Philippines and the Lesser Sunda Islands.
  • Kerivoula intermedia native to the Malay Peninsula and Borneo.
  • Kerivoula jagorii is widespread in the southern Philippines and Indonesia.
  • Kerivoula lanosa lives in 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 already known from the Moluccas and the Bismarck Archipelago. The species is considered endangered.
  • Kerivoula papillosa is spread from northeastern India to Sulawesi.
  • Kerivoula papuensis lives in New Guinea and eastern Australia.
  • Kerivoula pellucida is native to Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines.
  • Kerivoula phalaena lives in the middle Africa from Liberia to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
  • Kerivoula picta is one of the best known and most colorful species. She is from India to southern China and the Moluccas common.
  • Kerivoula smithii is located in the central Africa.
  • Kerivoula whiteheadi lives in the Philippines, Malaysia and Borneo.
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