Animalz

Kerivoula

  • Damara Woolly Bat Kerivoula argentata
    Damara Woolly Bat
    Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author · Flanders J, Frick WF, Nziza J, Nsengimana O, Kaleme P, Dusabe MC, Ndikubwimana I, Twizeyimana I, Kibiwot S, Ntihemuka P, Cheng TL, Muvunyi R, Webala P (2022) Rediscovery of the critically endangered Hill`s horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus hilli) and other new records of bat species in Rwanda. Biodiversity Data Journal 10: e83546. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10.e83546 · CC BY 4.0

    This small bat has long, dense fur that can help conceal it among leaves or in bird nests. The southern African assessment reports it from riverine forest and other moist habitats, where it eats insects.

  • Small Woolly Bat Kerivoula intermedia
    Small Woolly Bat
    Photo: Daverbennett · CC BY-SA 4.0

    This woolly bat was surveyed in lowland tropical rainforests of Peninsular Malaysia. A morphological comparison says it is slightly larger than the closely related Kerivoula minuta, with size serving as a main distinction.

  • Papillose Woolly Bat Kerivoula papillosa
    Papillose Woolly Bat
    Photo: Gabor Csorba; Chris Smeenk; Benjamin P. Y.-H. Lee · CC BY 3.0

    This bat has tiny projections on its wing membrane. It flies through the lower forest at night and catches flying insects.

  • Clear-winged Woolly Bat Kerivoula pellucida
    Clear-winged Woolly Bat
    Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author · http://sanisidro.gov.ph/mt-hamiguitan/ · Public domain

    The clear-winged woolly bat is a small bat with pale fur and nearly translucent wing membranes. It occurs on islands in Southeast Asia, with records of roosting in dead leaves.

  • Painted Woolly Bat Kerivoula picta
    Painted Woolly Bat
    Photo: Abu Hamas · CC BY-SA 4.0

    This small bat has bright orange fur and black wings. It hunts spiders and insects while flying through cluttered spaces close to the ground.

  • Whitehead's Woolly Bat Kerivoula whiteheadi
    Whitehead's Woolly Bat
    Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author · http://sanisidro.gov.ph/mt-hamiguitan/ · Public domain

    Whitehead's woolly bat is a small bat with a broad distribution in the Philippines. Its reddish-brown back and banded hairs are distinctive.

  • Tanzanian Woolly Bat Kerivoula africana

    The Tanzanian Woolly Bat is recorded in coastal forests of eastern Tanzania. It has gray-brown, frizzled fur and broad funnel-shaped ears.

  • Louisiade Woolly Bat Kerivoula agnella

    This bat is recorded from several islands in Papua New Guinea. Its fur is dense and woolly, buffy brown above and paler below; it has been found in tropical lowland and hill forests.

  • Cryptic Woolly Bat Kerivoula crypta

    This bat is recorded from southern India and Sri Lanka. Its original description gives pale seal-brown dorsal fur and a lighter underside. In Sri Lanka, one male was reported roosting in a leaf in secondary forest.

  • Copper Woolly Bat Kerivoula cuprosa

    This small bat has dark, curly, woolly fur. It is known from only 7 African localities, and it is thought to fly through cluttered vegetation.

  • Flat-skulled Woolly Bat Kerivoula depressa

    This bat is recorded from eastern Myanmar through Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia. HMW describes this range as tentative and says the species may occur more widely across Indochina.

  • Indochinese Woolly Bat Kerivoula dongduongana

    This long-furred bat is recorded in the Annamite Mountains. Its back is dark gray, its underside paler, and it has been reported inside cluttered forest.

  • Painted Woolly Bat Kerivoula picta

    This small bat has bright orange fur and black wings. It hunts spiders and insects while flying through cluttered spaces close to the ground.

  • Damara Woolly Bat Kerivoula argentata

    This small bat has long, dense fur that can help conceal it among leaves or in bird nests. The southern African assessment reports it from riverine forest and other moist habitats, where it eats insects.

  • Papillose Woolly Bat Kerivoula papillosa

    This bat has tiny projections on its wing membrane. It flies through the lower forest at night and catches flying insects.

  • Whitehead's Woolly Bat Kerivoula whiteheadi

    Whitehead's woolly bat is a small bat with a broad distribution in the Philippines. Its reddish-brown back and banded hairs are distinctive.

  • Clear-winged Woolly Bat Kerivoula pellucida

    The clear-winged woolly bat is a small bat with pale fur and nearly translucent wing membranes. It occurs on islands in Southeast Asia, with records of roosting in dead leaves.

  • Small Woolly Bat Kerivoula intermedia

    This woolly bat was surveyed in lowland tropical rainforests of Peninsular Malaysia. A morphological comparison says it is slightly larger than the closely related Kerivoula minuta, with size serving as a main distinction.