Kerivoula eriophora

(von Heuglin, 1877)

Ethiopian Woolly Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Chiroptera
Suborder: Yangochiroptera
Superfamily: Vespertilionoidea
Family: Vespertilionidae
Subfamily: Kerivoulinae
Genus: Kerivoula

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Heuglin, T. von. 1877. Reise in Nordost-Afrika. Schilderungen aus dem Gebiete der Beni Amer und Habab nebst zoologischen Skizzen und einem Führer für Jagdreisende. Zweiter Band. George Westermann, Braunschweig, 304 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876365

Original name as described

Nycticejus eriophorus

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

between Semian and Wogara, Belegaz Valley, Begemdir province, Ethiopia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Ethiopia

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005289

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 4 names and synonyms.

Nycticejus eriophorus

von Heuglin in von Heuglin & Fitzinger, 1866

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

eriophorus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

547

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6447058

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Nycticejus eriophorus

von Heuglin, 1877

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

eriophora

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

syntypes

Original type locality

im Belegaz-Thal zwischen Semién und Wogara in Abessinien

Type locality

Ethiopia.

Authority page

34

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876365

Authority publication

Braunschweig

Name usages

Heuglin (1877:34, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876365) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66584)

Scotophilus eriophorus:

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

eriophora

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

85

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422914

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:85, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422914) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Kerivoula eriophora:

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

eriophora

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

101

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782191

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:101, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Largen, Kock & Yalden (1974:250) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36071)
Corbet & Hill (1980:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:178) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:85) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Koopman (1993:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:98) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Happold & Happold (2013:729) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10972) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10972) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:902) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005289) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10972/21971992) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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