Overview
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Common Names
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Common Names in Czech:
Kerivula Africká, Netopýr Vlnatý
Common Names in English:
Tanzanian Woolly Bat
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:1.6Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Mammals
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible Et Al., 1995) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) Mckenna, in Stucky & Mckenna, in Benton, Ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Archonta
()
- (Gregory, 1910) Mckenna, 1975
- Order:
Chiroptera
()
- Blumenbach, 1779
- Bats
- Suborder:
Microchiroptera
()
- Dobson, 1875
- Infraorder:
Yangochiroptera
()
- Koopman, 1984
- Superfamily:
Vespertilionoidea
()
- (Gray, 1821) Gill, 1872
- Family:
Vespertilionidae
()
- Gray, 1821
- Subfamily:
Kerivoulinae
()
- Genus:
Kerivoula
()
- Gray, 1842
- Specific name:
africana
- Dobson, 1878
- Scientific name: - Kerivoula africana Dobson, 1878
- Specific name:
africana
- Dobson, 1878
- Genus:
Kerivoula
(
- Subfamily:
Kerivoulinae
(
- Family:
Vespertilionidae
(
- Superfamily:
Vespertilionoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Yangochiroptera
(
- Suborder:
Microchiroptera
(
- Order:
Chiroptera
(
- Grandorder:
Archonta
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 06-Aug-2004
Similar Species
Members of the genus Kerivoula
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 40 species and subspecies in this genus:
K. aerosa (Dubious Trumpet-Eared Bat) · K. africana (Tanzanian Woolly Bat) · K. agnella (St. Aignan's Trumpet-Eared Bat) · K. argentata (Damara Woolly Bat) · K. argentata zuluensis · K. atrox (Groove-Toothed Bat) · K. bicolor · K. brunnea · K. crypta · K. cuprosa (Copper Woolly Bat) · K. eriophora (Ethiopian Woolly Bat) · K. flora (Flores Woolly Bat) · K. grisea · K. hardwickei · K. hardwickii (Hardwicke's Woolly Bat) · K. harrisoni · K. intermedia (Small Woolly Bat) · K. jagorii (Peters's Trumpet-Eared Bat) · K. javana · K. kachinensis · K. lanosa (Lesser Woolly Bat) · K. lanosa muscilla · K. lenis · K. lucia · K. malpasi · K. minuta (Least Forest Bat) · K. murinoides · K. muscilla · K. muscina (Fly River Trumpet-Eared Bat) · K. myrella (Bismarck's Trumpet-Eared Bat) · K. papillosa (Papillose Woolly Bat) · K. papuensis (Golden-Tipped Bat) · K. pellucida (Clear-Winged Woolly Bat) · K. phalaena (Spurrell's Woolly Bat) · K. picta (Painted Bat) · K. poensis · K. pusilla · K. smithi · K. smithii (Smith's Woolly Bat) · K. whiteheadi (Whitehead's Woolly Bat)
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Further Reading
- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, ENG url p. 101.
- Burgess, N.D., Kock, D., Cockle, A., FitzGibbon, C., Jenkins, P. and Honess, P. 2000. Mammals. In: N.D. Burgess and G.P. Clarke (eds) Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa, pp. 173–190. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1988. 1988 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- MacPhee, R.D.E. and Flemming, C. 1999. Requiem Æternam. The last five hundred years of mammalian species extinctions. In: R.D.E. MacPhee (ed.) Extinctions in Near Time, pp.333-371. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York.
- Notes from the Leyden Museum. Leyden. MUL url p. 56.
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xviii + 1207. ISBN: 1-56098-217-9.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed November 7, 2006.
- Fahr, J. & Jacobs, D. (GMA Africa Workshop) 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
- Fahr, J. and Jacobs, D. 2004. Kerivoula africana. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2477615
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-631904
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 631904
- IUCN ID: 10966
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 6148
