St. Aignan's trumpet-eared bat
Appearance
St. Aignan's trumpet-eared bat | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Vespertilionidae |
Genus: | Kerivoula |
Species: | K. agnella
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Binomial name | |
Kerivoula agnella Thomas, 1908
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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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Koopman, Karl F. "Bats from eastern Papua and the East Papuan islands. American Museum Novitates; no. 2747." (1982).