Bats of the World

A Taxonomic and Geographic Database

Compiled and Edited by:
Nancy B. Simmons and Andrea L. Cirranello
American Museum of Natural History

Your search for Kerivoula malpasi resulted in 1 species-level match:

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

Vespertilio pictus Pallas, 1767, by subsequent designation (Peters, 1866)

Kerivoula malpasi Phillips, 1932.
Spolia Zeylan. 16: 331.
Sri Lankan Woolly Bat

Source: GBIF.org

Sri Lanka, “Kumbalgamuwa (3,000 feet [= 914 m]) in the Mulhalkelle district of the Central Province”

C and NE Sri Lanka

CITES - Not Listed IUCN - Not Evaluated (raised from synonymy).

Previously included in hardwickii, but possibly distinct based on morphological and biogeographic considerations; see Tu et al. (2018). This taxon may be conspecific with crypta and that name has priority over malpasi. Requires additional investigation.

References:

Phillips, W.W. 1932. Addition to the Fauna of Ceylon. No 2: Some new and interesting bats from the hills of the Central Province. Spolia Zeylanica 16: 329-335. Not available online.

Tu, V.T., A. Hassanin, N.M. Furey, N.T.Son, G. Csorba. 2018. Four species in one: multigene analyses reveal phylogenetic patterns within Hardwicke’s woolly bat, Kerivoula hardwickii-complex (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) in Asia. Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy 29(1): 111-121. Read article.