Papillose Woolly Bat

The papillose woolly bat is a small forest bat with very soft woolly fur, a funnel-shaped ear and broad wings adapted to slow manoeuvring flight in cluttered vegetation. Tiny papillae on the pads and detailed skull characters help separate it from other Kerivoula (Mammal Diversity Database; regional bat field guide).

It occurs across mainland and Sundaic Southeast Asia in lowland and hill forest. Individuals are usually captured in understorey harp traps rather than at large cave roosts and are thought to use foliage, tree hollows or small concealed shelters. They glean small arthropods using high-frequency echolocation (regional bat field guide; forest-bat surveys). It is Nationally Near Threatened (Thailand Red Data 2025).