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Papillose Woolly Bat

Kerivoula papillosa

Order
Chiroptera
Family
Vespertilionidae
Genus
Kerivoula
IUCN status
LC
Distribution
Thailand|Laos|Vietnam|Cambodia|Malaysia|Indonesia|Brunei|Philippines
Realm
Indomalaya|Australasia

Other names: Papillose Bat

About this species

Habitat
Lowland mixed deciduous forest; roosts in tree hollows
Range
Brunei, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam

The papillose woolly bat is a vesper bat found in Brunei, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam. It roosts in tree hollows, which generally hold between one and 14 bats, and lives in lowland mixed deciduous forest in the lower Asian peninsula (Wikipedia, general species account).

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

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