kerivoula

Updated: May 5, 2025

Kerivoula picta, Pallas. But of all the bats, the most conspicuous from its size and numbers, and the most interesting from its habits, is the rousette of Ceylon ; the "flying fox," as it is called by Europeans, from the similarity to that animal in its head and ears, its bright eyes, and intelligent little face.

Sir James Emerson Tennent - Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon