St. Aignan's trumpet-eared bat

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.

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

References

  1. Aplin, K.; Armstrong, K.D. (2020). "Kerivoula agnella". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T10968A21975540. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T10968A21975540.en. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  2. Koopman, Karl F. "Bats from eastern Papua and the East Papuan islands. American Museum Novitates; no. 2747." (1982).


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