Gray, 1842
Forest bats
The ears are moderately long, separate and slightly funnel-shaped, since the posterior border arises in front of the inner, its lower portion is unusually widened (Kha1). The tragus is long and slender (Fig. 260). The muzzle is simple (Kha2). The skull is slender and lightly built, the braincase large, smoothly rounded and abruptly elevated anteriorly (Fig. 261). The rostrum is slender and weak. The posterior extension of palate is narrowed gradually backwards; the hamulars are very short and the tympanic bullae small. The upper incisors are well developed; the second (I3) is about half the height, although of nearly the same diameter as the first (I2). The upper and lower canines are normal in form but rather small. The premolars are well developed. M1 and M2 are without a hypocone. M3 has a metacone and three well developed commissures. The lower molars have all their cusps present and are normal in form (Fig. 262).
Dental formula: i - 2 3 c 1 pm - 2 3 4 m 1 2 3 = 38.
1 2 3 1 - 2 3 4 1 2 3
The genus includes 21 species with a geographical range that extends from South Africa to Australia (Koopman, 1993). Three species are known from the Indian Subcontinent:
Species of Kerivoula encountered in the Indian Subcontinent:
Kerivoula picta
Kerivoula hardwickii
Kerivoula papillosa
Species identification
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