Painted Woolly Bat vs umkokolo

Kerivoula picta compared with Dovyalis caffra

Key Differences

• Painted Woolly Bat is Near Threatened while umkokolo is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Painted Woolly Bat	umkokolo
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Vespertilionidae	Salicaceae
Genus	Kerivoula	Dovyalis
Species	Kerivoula picta	Dovyalis caffra

Conservation Status

Painted Woolly Bat

NT — Near Threatened

umkokolo

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Painted Woolly Bat	umkokolo
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Painted Woolly Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

umkokolo

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil).