St. Aignan's trumpet-eared bat | |
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Conservation status | |
Endangered (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific 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
- ^ 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.
- Koopman, Karl F. "Bats from eastern Papua and the East Papuan islands. American Museum Novitates; no. 2747." (1982).
Taxon identifiers | |
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Kerivoula agnella |
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