St. Aignan's trumpet-eared bat

St. Aignan's trumpet-eared bat
Scientific classification
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) 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.

Sources

  1. 1 2 Bonaccorso, F. & Hamilton, S. (2008). "Kerivoula agnella". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T10968A3231727. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T10968A3231727.en. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  2. Koopman, Karl F. "Bats from eastern Papua and the East Papuan islands. American Museum Novitates; no. 2747." (1982).


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