Tanzanian woolly bat

Tanzanian woolly bat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Kerivoula
Species: K. africana
Binomial name
Kerivoula africana
Dobson, 1878

The Tanzanian woolly bat (Kerivoula africana) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found only in Tanzania.

Habitat

The natural habitat of the Tanzanian woolly bat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss through the conversion of coastal wetlands to subsistence agriculture and coastal forests being subject to logging by the timber industry and local use. Habitat loss impacts this bat fairly drastically as its area of occupancy is estimated to be less than 500 square kilometers. Additionally, all members of this species are estimated to live in only five different locations within the 500 square kilometers. This species is currently classified as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List.[1]

References

  1. Fahr, J. & Jacobs, D. 2008. Kerivoula africana. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>.


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