Kerivoula papillosa

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	CHIROPTERA	VESPERTILIONIDAE

Scientific Name:

Kerivoula papillosa

Species Authority:

(Temminck, 1840)

Common Name/s:

English

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Papillose Woolly Bat

Taxonomic Notes:

This species does not include K. lenis (Simmons 2005), although some specimens referred to this species may represent lenis, which appears to be broadly sympatric with papillosa (Vanitharani et al. 2003).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2008
Assessor/s:	Hutson, A.M. & Kingston, T.
Reviewer/s:	Hutson, A.M., Racey, P.A. (Chiroptera Red List Authority), Chanson, J. & Chiozza, F. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)
Contributor/s:
Justification: Listed as Least Concern as the species is widespread, and relatively common, there are no known major threats, and it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is found in Thailand, Cambodia, Viet Nam, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, Buton in Indonesia, and northern Borneo.
Countries:	Native: Brunei Darussalam; Cambodia; Indonesia (Jawa, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Sumatera); Lao People's Democratic Republic; Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak); Thailand; Viet Nam
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Population [top]

Population:	This species is thought to be reasonably common throughout its range.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	On Buton and Malaysia, this species roosts in groups of 1-14 individuals in small tree hollows in lowland mixed-deciduous dipterocarp forest.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There are no major threat to this species, although deforestation is occurring through many parts of its range.

Major Threat(s):

There are no major threat to this species, although deforestation is occurring through many parts of its range.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	This species occurs in some protected areas throughout its range including, Gunung Halimun National Park on Java, Danau Sentarum National Park in West Kalimantan (Jeanes and Meijaard 2000), and Gunung Palung National Park (Blundell 1996). Further studies are needed into the taxonomy, distribution, abundance and ecology of this species.

Conservation Actions:

This species occurs in some protected areas throughout its range including, Gunung Halimun National Park on Java, Danau Sentarum National Park in West Kalimantan (Jeanes and Meijaard 2000), and Gunung Palung National Park (Blundell 1996). Further studies are needed into the taxonomy, distribution, abundance and ecology of this species.

Citation:	Hutson, A.M. & Kingston, T. 2008. Kerivoula papillosa. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 May 2013.
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