Order Chiroptera - Family Vespertilionidae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 451 529 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Kerivoula cuprosa Thomas 1912 Kerivoula cuprosa Thomas 1912 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 10: 41 . Type Locality: Cameroon , Ja River, Bitye. Vernacular Names: Copper Woolly Bat . Distribution: N Dem. Rep. Congo , S Cameroon . A record of this species from Kenya was based on a specimen subsequently reidentified as smithii (J. Fahr, pers. comm.). Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (nt).