Kerivoula picta (Pallas 1767)

[Vespertilio] pictus Pallas 1767, Spicil. Zool., 3: 7.

Type Locality: Indonesia, Molucca Isls, Ternate Isl. See discussion in Corbet and Hill (1992).

Vernacular Names: Painted Woolly Bat.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Kerivoula picta subsp. picta Pallas 1767

Subspecies Kerivoula picta subsp. bellissima Thomas 1906

Distribution: Sri Lanka; India and Nepal to Vietnam, W Malaysia, and S China; Borneo; Sumatra, Java, Bali, Lombok, and Molucca Isls.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Reviewed in part by Bates and Harrison (1997). Also see Flannery (1995 b).