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Indochinese Woolly Bat

Kerivoula dongduongana

Order
Chiroptera
Family
Vespertilionidae
Genus
Kerivoula
IUCN status
LC
Distribution
Laos|Vietnam|Cambodia
Realm
Indomalaya

Other names: Indochina's Woolly Bat

About this species

Size
Forearm about 32mm
Weight
4.5g (holotype)
Range
Annamite Range: southern Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and north-western Thailand

Indochina's flat-headed woolly bat is a species of vesper bat found in Southeast Asia, including Laos, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia. It is a medium-sized member of the genus Kerivoula, with a forearm of about 32 mm; the holotype, an adult female, had a mass of 4.5 g (Wikipedia, general species account).

Its range encompasses the Annamite Range, including southern Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and north-western Thailand. A 2023 publication noted its first documented occurrence in China.

Description: Wildlife of Vietnam guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

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CC BY 4.0 — Xiaoling Liang, Huixian Xie, Yannan Li, Zhenglanyi Huang, Song Li, Yi Wu, Wenhua Yu (source)