Mammal Species of the World Logo

 

HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA  --> ORDER CHIROPTERA  --> FAMILY Vespertilionidae  --> SUBFAMILY Kerivoulinae  --> GENUS Phoniscus

SPECIES Phoniscus aerosa

Author:Tomes, 1858.
Citation:Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1858: 333.
Common Name:Dubious Trumpet-eared Bat
Type Locality:"Eastern coast of South Africa."
Distribution:Possibly South Africa, but more likely somewhere in SE Asia; known only from two syntypes that may have been incorrectly localized (Corbet and Hill, 1992).
Status:IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Data Deficient as Kerivoula aerosa.
Comments:See Hill (1965) and Corbet and Hill (1992) for discussion of the uncertain affinties of this species.
EXPORT AS CSV

Offspring:

Synonyms:


  Bucknell Home Page   Biology Department Home Page

 

©Bucknell Univesity All Rights Reserved
Comments and questions to dreeder@bucknell.edu