A checklist of the bats of Peninsular Malaysia and progress towards a DNA barcode reference library
Author
Voon-Ching Lim
Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
voonchinglim@gmail.com
Author
Rosli Ramli
Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Author
Subha Bhassu
Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,
Author
John-James Wilson
International College Beijing, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China
wilso04@gmail.com
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PLoS ONE
2017
2017-07-25
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10.1371/journal.pone.0179555
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Kerivoula whiteheadi
Thomas, 1894
(?)
Kerivoula whiteheadi
Thomas, 1894: 460
; Molino,
Isabella
, northeast Luzaon Island, PHIL- LIPINES (J. Whitehead, collector; BM(NH) 1894.10.9.2) [
182
].
Common English name:
Whitehead’s Woolly Bat
Barcode Index Number:
There are no DNA barcodes recorded under this name on BOLD.
IUCN status:
Least Concern
Remarks:
Chasen [
8
] listed
K
.
whiteheadi
as
Kerivoula bicolor
(now
Kerivoula whiteheadi bicolor
) in his “Handlist of Malaysian Mammals”.
Recorded at:
The
holotype
of
K
.
whiteheadi bicolor
(BM(NH) 3.2.6.91) which was collected in Biserat, Jalor =
Yala
, Malay Peninsula, which is now the southern tip of
Thailand
, is the only record from the mainland [
14
,
74
].
K
.
whiteheadi
may be expected to occur in Peninsular
Malaysia
[
6
,
8
,
9
,
23
] based on the type locality but is yet to be documented [
169
].
K
.
whiteheadi
has been recorded in secondary forests, shrubs and open grasslands, and found roosting in small groups of twenty to thirty individuals among dead leaves by a river [
14
].