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Whitehead's Woolly Bat

Bats

Kerivoula whiteheadi

Basic stats

Diet

Flying insects

Habitat

Hill and montane forest understorey

Range

Endemic to Borneo

Litter size

1 pup (typical for Kerivoula)

Gestation period

About 3 months (typical for vespertilionid bats)

Size

Small bat (forearm ~36–40mm, typical for the genus)

Weight

5–8g (typical for the genus)

A Bornean-endemic woolly bat named after the naturalist John Whitehead, found in hill and montane forest understorey.

Roosts in curled leaves and dense foliage, foraging for flying insects within cluttered vegetation; recorded less frequently than some of Borneo's lowland Kerivoula species.

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