Kerivoula hardwickii Horsfield 1824

FAISAL ALI ANWARALI KHAN, VICKI J. SWIER, SERGIO SOLARI, PETER A. LARSEN, BESAR KETOL, WAHAP MARNI, SIVANATHAN ELLAGUPILLAY, MAKLARIN LAKIM, MOHAMMAD TAJUDDIN ABDULLAH & ROBERT J. BAKER, 2008, USING GENETICS AND MORPHOLOGY TO EXAMINE SPECIES DIVERSITY OF OLD WORLD BATS: REPORT OF A RECENT COLLECTION FROM MALAYSIA, Occasional Papers of the Museum 281, pp. 1-30 : 21

Kerivoula hardwickii Horsfield 1824

Hardwicke’s Woolly Bat (Kelawar Hutan)

Specimens examined (4).—Monggis: TTU 108235 (GenBank EU188768 ), TTU 108249, TTU 108263; Bako NP: TTU 108298.

Type locality.— Indonesia, Java .

Malaysian distribution.—Recorded from Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo.

Remarks.— Kerivoula hardwickii was collected using harp traps near streams and fragmented forest. Historically, this species has been confused with K. pellucida ( Tomes 1858) , however the wings of K. hardwickii are not as translucent as those of K. pellucida . Kerivoula hardwickii also has a less globular braincase, with a wider posterior palate extension. Our specimens have dark gray fur and long ears, whereas K. pellucida has orange-brown fur and smaller ears.