Flores woolly bat

The Flores woolly bat (Kerivoula flora) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae.

Flores woolly bat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Kerivoula
Species:
K. flora
Binomial name
Kerivoula flora
Thomas, 1914

Distribution

It is found in Indonesia and Malaysia. The distribution of this species is believed in Borneo, Bali, the Lesser Sunda Islands, and Sumba. Possibly the same or a very similar species can be found in Kon Kha Kinh and Pu Mat, Vietnam.[2]

The species is primarily dependent on forests, undergone a 30% population decline over the last ten years, in the lesser Sundras.

References

  1. Francis, C.; Hutson, A.M.; Kingston, T. (2008). "Kerivoula flora". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T10973A3232793. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T10973A3232793.en.
  2. "Kerivoula flora (Flores Woolly Bat)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.


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