📸 PhotoPhoto: Daderot · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons Source
Painted Woolly Bat
Kerivoula picta (Painted Woolly Bat · Painted Woolly Bat)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Its average weight of 4.5 g is lighter than a Korean 100-won coin (about 5.4 g) (Comparison).
- 💡 Its maximum head-and-body length of 5.7 cm is about twice the diameter of a Korean 500-won coin (about 2.65 cm) (Comparison).
- 💡 It is observed roosting in banana leaves as well as human-built huts and buildings.
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.
📖 1. Overview
The Painted Woolly Bat is a small bat with a vivid orange body and black wings.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
Its body is bright orange to scarlet, and its wings are black with orange along the fingers. Its fur is long, woolly, and curly, and it has large funnel-shaped ears and 38 teeth.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
It feeds on insects, foraging late in the evening by flying in circles close to the ground with a weak, fluttering flight. It roosts alone or in groups of 2–6 individuals and gives birth to one young at a time.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List NT (2020) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10985/22022952
- • IUCN Red List category NT — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • mammaldiversity.org — 1005305
- • iucnredlist.org — 22022952
- • wikidata.org — Q647798
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Kerivoula picta - Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giaco
- • animaldiversity.org — Kerivoula picta
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Andy Wilson · CC0 1.0 (Related taxon silhouette — Nyctalus noctula)
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.