Kerivoula Kachinensis

A new species of Kerivoula is described from Seima Biodiversity Conservation Area, Cambodia. It is widely

distributed in mainland Southeast Asia, with referred material from 12 additional localities in Myanmar,

Thailand, Lao PDR and Vietnam. Superficially similar to Kerivoula flora, it is distinguished by its flattened

skull, a character shared with the larger, recently described, Kerivoula kachinensis. It is known from a variety

of habitat types, both pristine and disturbed, including deciduous dipterocarp forest, moist evergreen and semievergreen forest, forest on limestone karst and upper montane forest.

Kerivoula kachinensis is reported for the first time from Cambodia, Lao PDR and Thailand. In April, 2005 and

January, 2006, three individuals were collected in deciduous dipterocarp forest, near bamboo, in the Seima

Biodiversity Conservation Area, Mondul Kiri Province, Cambodia. In September, 2007, two individuals were

collected in lower montane forest, which included some mixed deciduous forest, bamboo groves and banana

trees, in the hills of Phu Suan Sai National Park, Loei Province, and a single individual was collected in mixed

deciduous forest, near bamboo, in the Nam Nao National Park, Petchabun Province, Thailand. In 1996–1998,

seven specimens were collected from five localities in north, central and southern Lao PDR; most were

associated with evergreen forest at altitudes between 150–800 m a.s.l. The species appears to be relatively

widespread in continental Southeast Asia. Locally common, it is probably not currently at risk