Kerivoula Gray 1842

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Vespertilionidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 451-529 : 525

Kerivoula Gray 1842

Kerivoula Gray 1842 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 1, 10: 258.

Type Species: Vespertilio pictus Pallas 1767

Synonyms: Cerivoula Blanford 1891 ; Nyctophylax Fitzinger 1861 .

Species and subspecies: 19 species with 14 subspecies:

Species Kerivoula africana Dobson 1878

Species Kerivoula agnella Thomas 1908

Species Kerivoula argentata Tomes 1861

Subspecies Kerivoula argentata subsp. argentata Tomes 1861

Subspecies Kerivoula argentata subsp. nidicola Kirk 1865

Subspecies Kerivoula argentata subsp. zuluensis Roberts 1924

Species Kerivoula cuprosa Thomas 1912

Species Kerivoula eriophora Heuglin 1877

Species Kerivoula flora Thomas 1914

Species Kerivoula hardwickii (Horsfield 1824)

Species Kerivoula intermedia Hill and Francis 1984

Species Kerivoula lanosa A. Smith 1847

Subspecies Kerivoula lanosa subsp. lanosa A. Smith 1847

Subspecies Kerivoula lanosa subsp. harrisoni Thomas 1901

Subspecies Kerivoula lanosa subsp. lucia Hinton 1920

Subspecies Kerivoula lanosa subsp. muscilla Thomas 1906

Species Kerivoula lenis Thomas 1916

Species Kerivoula minuta Miller 1898

Species Kerivoula muscina Tate 1941

Species Kerivoula myrella Thomas 1914

Species Kerivoula papillosa (Temminck 1840)

Subspecies Kerivoula papillosa subsp. papillosa Temminck 1840

Subspecies Kerivoula papillosa subsp. malayana Chasen 1940

Species Kerivoula pellucida Waterhouse 1845

Species Kerivoula phalaena Thomas 1912

Species Kerivoula picta ( Pallas 1767)

Subspecies Kerivoula picta subsp. picta Pallas 1767

Subspecies Kerivoula picta subsp. bellissima Thomas 1906

Species Kerivoula smithii Thomas 1880

Species Kerivoula whiteheadi Thomas 1894

Subspecies Kerivoula whiteheadi subsp. whiteheadi Thomas 1894

Subspecies Kerivoula whiteheadi subsp. bicolor Thomas 1904

Subspecies Kerivoula whiteheadi subsp. pusilla Thomas 1894

Discussion: Does not include Phoniscus . Koopman (1982, 1993, 1994) and Ryan (1965) considered Phoniscus to be congeneric with Kerivoula , but see Hill (1965) and Corbet and Hill (1980, 1991, 1992). Characters separating these genera were summarized by Corbet and Hill (1992).