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
text
PLoS ONE
2017
2017-07-25
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7
1
65
journal article
10.1371/journal.pone.0179555
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PMC5526618
28742835
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Cynopterus
cf.
brachyotis
FOREST.
Cynopterusbrachyotis
FOREST
[
64
].
Cynopterus
JLE
sp. A Francis
et al
. [
4
] (and as in BOLD).
Common English name:
Forest Short-nosed Fruit Bat
Barcode Index Number:
BOLD
:
AAA
9308 (19 DNA barcodes from Peninsular
Malaysia
;
Fig 2
)
IUCN status:
As
C
.
brachyotis
: Least Concern
Remarks:
The FOREST form is smaller than the SUNDA form with an average forearm length of less than
63 mm
and is confined to primary and mature secondary forests [
11
,
14
,
64
]. See the remarks on
C
. cf.
brachyotis
SUNDA.
Recorded at:
Confirmed records of “FOREST” (see above):
Selangor
: Ulu Gombak [
5
];
Pahang
: Krau Wildlife Reserve [
64
];
Johor
: Endau Rompin [
64
];
Perlis
:
Perlis State
Park and Kuala
Perlis
[
64
];
Kelantan
:
Gua
Musang [
64
],
Perak
: Taiping [
64
],
Gunung Stong State
Park [
67
];
Melaka
:
Unspecified [
68
];
Terengganu
: Tasik Kenyir and Temenggor Lake [
69
].
C
. cf.
brachyotis
FOREST is generally restricted to primary and mature secondary forests [
11
,
14
,
64
] and has not been reported from disturbed habitats [
65
].