Kerivoula smithii Thomas 1880

Kerivoula smithii Thomas 1880, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 5, 6: 166.

Type Locality: Nigeria, Calabar.

Vernacular Names: Smith's Woolly Bat.

Distribution: Nigeria, Cameroon, N and E Dem. Rep. Congo, Kenya. Previous records from Côte d’Ivoire and Liberia are apparently erroneous (J. Fahr, pers. comm.).

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

Discussion: Sometimes mispelled smithi but the original spelling is smithii .