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 Phoniscus aerosa (Tomes 1858) [Kerivoula] aerosa Tomes 1858 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1858: 333 . Type Locality: "Eastern coast of South Africa ." . Vernacular Names: Dubious Trumpet-eared Bat . Distribution: Possibly South Africa , but more likely somewhere in SE Asia; known only from two syntypes that may have been incorrectly localized ( Corbet and Hill, 1992 ). Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Data Deficient as Kerivoula aerosa . Discussion: See Hill (1965) and Corbet and Hill (1992) for discussion of the uncertain affinties of this species.