Kerivoula whiteheadi

O. Thomas, 1894

Whitehead's 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

Thomas, O. 1894-12-01. Descriptions of two new bats of the genus Kerivoula. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)14(84):460-462.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15626287

Original name as described

Kerivoula Whiteheadi

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1894.10.9.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2015fdc9-0e58-484d-b431-1e2b86ab5bea

Type locality

"Isabella, N.E. Luzon, " Philippines.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Philippines

Taxonomy notes

previously included K. pusilla (along with bicolor)

Taxonomy notes citation

Sedlock, J.L., Heaney, L.R., Balete, D.S. and Ruedi, M. 2020. Philippine bats of the genus Kerivoula (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae): Overview and assessment of variation in K. pellucida and K. whiteheadi. Zootaxa 4755(3):454-490. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4755.3.2

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005309

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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: 2 names and synonyms.

Kerivoula Whiteheadi

O. Thomas, 1894

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

whiteheadi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1894.10.9.2

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Isabella, N.E. Luzon

Type locality

Philippines: Luzon: 16°59′56″N, 121°57′52″E.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2015fdc9-0e58-484d-b431-1e2b86ab5bea

Authority page

460

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15626287

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1898:386, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35427507) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14017)
Trouessart (1904:95, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422924) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Hollister (1912:20, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34354172) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15163)
Corbet & Hill (1980:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:85) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Koopman (1993:198) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:97) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Esselstyn, Widmann & Heaney (2004:287, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35515740) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5880)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10987) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10987) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:901) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005309) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10987/22023276) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

K. w. whiteheadi:

Koopman, 1994

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

whiteheadi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

97

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Koopman (1994:97) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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