St. Aignan's trumpet-eared bat

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St. Aignan's trumpet-eared bat
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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. [2] The species has been recorded on the islands of Fergusson, Vanatinai, Woodlark, and Misima. [1] Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.

References

  1. 1 2 Aplin, K.; Armstrong, K.N. (2021) [amended version of 2020 assessment]. "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).


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