Small woolly bat
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The small woolly bat (Kerivoula intermedia) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found only in Malaysia and is little known. It is only slightly larger than the Kitti's hog-nosed bat, one of the smallest mammals in the world. The small woolly bat weighs Script error: No such module "convert"..
Description
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Biology
Breeding usually occurs from February to May, with a shorter breeding season happening between August and October.[1]
References
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- ↑ a b Small woolly bat videos, photos and facts – Kerivoula intermedia Template:Webarchive. ARKive. Retrieved on 2012-12-29.
- ↑ Phillipps, Quentin and Phillipps, Karen (2016). Mammals of Borneo and their Ecology. Template:ISBN
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