Kerivoula malpasi
W. W. A. Phillips, 1932
Sri Lankan 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
Authority citation
Phillips, W.W.A. 1932. Additions to the fauna of Ceylon. No. 2. Some new and interesting bats from the hills of the Central Province. Spolia Zeylanica 16:329-335.
Original name as described
Kerivoula malpasi
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1931.11.7.1
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
Type locality
"Kumbalgamuwa (3, 000 feet [= 914 m]) in the Mulhalkelle district of the Central Province, " Sri Lanka.
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya
Country distribution
Sri Lanka
Taxonomy notes
split from K. hardwickii, may be included in K. crypta
Taxonomy notes citation
Tu, V.T., Hassanin, A., Furey, N.M., Son, N.T. and Csorba, G. 2018. Four species in one: multigene analyses reveal phylogenetic patterns within Hardwicke's woolly bat, Kerivoula hardwickii-complex (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) in Asia. Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy 29(1):111-121. a#51956
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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Names and synonyms
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Total: 2 names and synonyms.
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