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St. Aignan's trumpet-eared bat

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Species of bat

St. Aignan's trumpet-eared bat
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
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. The species has been recorded on the islands of Fergusson, Vanatinai, Woodlark, and Misima. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.

References

  1. ^ Aplin, K.; Armstrong, K.N. (2021) . "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).
Species of subfamily Kerivoulinae
Kerivoula
(Painted bats)
Phoniscus
Taxon identifiers
Kerivoula agnella


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