St. Aignan's trumpet-eared bat

Species of bat

St. Aignan's trumpet-eared bat
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Kerivoula
Species:
K. agnella
Binomial name
Kerivoula agnella
Thomas, 1908

St. Aignan's trumpet-eared bat (Kerivoula agnella), also known as the Louisiade woolly bat, is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found only in Papua New Guinea, and is only endemic to the islands, not the mainland.[2] The species has been recorded on the islands of Fergusson, Vanatinai, Woodlark, and Misima.[1] Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.

References

  1. ^ a b Aplin, K.; Armstrong, K.N. (2021) [amended version of 2020 assessment]. "Kerivoula agnella". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T10968A209548421. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T10968A209548421.en. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  2. ^ Koopman, Karl F. "Bats from eastern Papua and the East Papuan islands. American Museum Novitates; no. 2747." (1982).
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Species of subfamily Kerivoulinae
Kerivoula
(Painted bats)
  • Tanzanian woolly bat (K. africana)
  • St. Aignan's trumpet-eared bat (K. agnella)
  • Damara woolly bat (K. argentata)
  • Cryptic woolly bat (K. crypta)
  • copper woolly bat (K. cuprosa)
  • Kerivoula depressa
  • Kerivoula dongduongana
  • Ethiopian woolly bat (K. eriophora)
  • Flores woolly bat (K. flora)
  • Kerivoula furva
  • Hardwicke's woolly bat (K. hardwickii)
  • small woolly bat (K. intermedia)
  • Kachin woolly bat (K. kachinensis)
  • Krau woolly bat (K. krauensis)
  • Lesser woolly bat (K. lanosa)
  • Lenis woolly bat (K. lenis)
  • Kerivoula malpasi
  • Least woolly bat (K. minuta)
  • Fly River trumpet-eared bat (K. muscina)
  • Bismarck trumpet-eared bat (K. myrella)
  • Papillose woolly bat (K. papillosa)
  • Clear-winged woolly bat (K. pellucida)
  • Spurrell's woolly bat (K. phalaena)
  • Painted bat (K. picta)
  • Kerivoula pusilla
  • Smith's woolly bat (K. smithii)
  • Titania's woolly bat (K. titania)
  • Whitehead's woolly bat (K. whiteheadi)
Phoniscus
  • Dubious trumpet-eared bat (P. aerosa)
  • Groove-toothed bat (P. atrox)
  • Peter's trumpet-eared bat (P. jagorii)
  • Golden-tipped bat (P. papuensis)
Taxon identifiers
Kerivoula agnella


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