Bats of the Sangkulirang limestone karst formations, East Kalimantan - a priority region for Bornean bat conservation
Author
Suyanto, Agustinus
Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Widyasatwaloka Building, Jl. Raya Bogor Km 46, Cibinong 16911, Indonesia
Author
Struebig, Matthew J.
School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London, London, E 1 4 NS, United Kingdom & Corresponding author: E-mail: m. struebig @ qmul. ac. uk
m.struebig@qmul.ac.uk
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Acta Chiropterologica
2007
2007-04-01
9
1
67
95
journal article
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1733-5329
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Rousettus amplexicaudatus
(E. Geoffroy, 1810)
Geoffroy’s Rousette bat
New material
1♀
(
MZB M26836
).
Records from Borneo
Brunei
: Tasek Merimbun (
Payne
et al.
, 2000
). Sabah: Madai, Pulau Balembangan, Sukau, Tawau (
Payne
et al.
, 2000
); Pulau Banggi, Pulau Malawali, Semporna, Sepi- lok (Yasuma and Andau, 2000).
Sarawak
: Bintulu, Niah NP, Sungai Baram (
Payne
et al.
, 2000
); Bau limestone formations (Mohd-Azlan
et al
., 2005). WestKal: Gu- nung Niut NR (
Colijn, 2005
); Sungai Lan- dak (RMNH); Perbuah (Yasuma and Andau, 2000).
Comments
A single individual female was captured in a mist-net set over a stream at the Marang formation and collected as a voucher specimen. Unfortunately, the skull of this speci- men has since been mislaid in MZB, so we are unable to relate to comparative mate- rial.
R. amplexicaudatus
primarily roosts in caves (Kingston
et al
., 2006) and so it is like- ly that further surveys of caves at this site will record this species. In Borneo it is known from scattered localities in
Sabah
,
Sarawak
,
Brunei
and West Kalimantan. This capture is the first record for East Kalimantan.