Recent surveys of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from China. I. Rhinolophidae and Hipposideridae
Author
Zhang, Libiao
Guangdong Entomological Institute, 105 Xingang Xilu, Haizhu, Guangzhou, 510260 China
Author
Jones, Gareth
School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Woodland Road, Bristol, BS 8 1 UG, United Kingdom
Author
Zhang, Jinshuo
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 - 5 Beichen Xilu, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101 China
Author
Zhu, Guangjian
Guangdong Entomological Institute, 105 Xingang Xilu, Haizhu, Guangzhou, 510260 China
Author
Parsons, Stuart
School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag, Auckland, 92019 New Zealand
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Acta Chiropterologica
2009
2009-06-01
11
1
71
88
journal article
21487
10.3161/150811009X465703
bb6f5628-d3ac-4a12-b3b1-24ab27e112f5
1733-5329
3944511
Rhinolophus marshalli
Thonglongya, 1973
Marshall’s horseshoe bat
FA —
38.9–47.1 mm
, mass — 5.8–7.0 g. Three males and four females were netted in
Yunnan Province
on
8 September 2003
, representing a new species record for
China
. Morphological and cranial measurements were described by Zhang L. B.
et al
. (2005). These bats called at 39.2–41.6 kHz (FA
43.8–47.1 mm
). On
13 October 2007
, three males (FA 44.0–
46.4 mm
, mass 5.8–7.0 g, FMAXE 41.8–42.3 kHz) were also netted in
Yunnan Province
and on
21 June 2007
, we netted
6 males
and
5 females
(FA —
38.9–44.1 mm
, FMAX — 43.0–44.5 kHz) in
Guangxi
.
Ecological Notes
Our data represent new records for
China
in subtropical areas, always involving small numbers of individuals. The species is found in neighboring
Vietnam
(Hendichsen
et al
., 2001).