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 12 7 1 65 journal article 10.1371/journal.pone.0179555 6ea2cc5c-857b-4b47-8135-8bff7efbd1fc PMC5526618 28742835 4251352 Harpiocephalus harpia [Temminck, 1840] Vespertilio harpia Temminck, 1840: 219 , pls. 55; Southeast side of Mountain Gede , Java , INDONESIA (Collector unknown; Type unknown) [ 82 ]. Harpiocephalus harpia [ 191 ]. Common English name: Hairy-winged Bat Barcode Index Number: DNA barcodes recorded as H . harpia are associated with BIN , BOLD :AAB5424, but there are no DNA barcodes from Peninsular Malaysia . Remarks: H . mordax was once considered a subspecies of H . harpia [ 138 ] but was later recognised as a distinct species having “a more robust skull and larger teeth” compared to H . harpia [ 173 ]. Two male and three female specimens from Java recorded as H . harpia were later re-examined, and the degree of dimorphism observed among the specimens was small when compared to the differences observed in rostral and tooth size between H . harpia and H . mordax [ 9 ]. Matveev [ 192 ] noted that all specimens of H . mordax used in earlier studies are females and a molecular analysis of a male “ harpia ” and a female “ mordax ” from Cambodia indicated that the specimens were conspecific, consequently eliminating the occurrence of H . mordax in Cambodia . Two female specimens from Peninsular Malaysia (field ID.: CMF930806.7 and CMF930807.2) were identified as “ H . mordax ” based on their broader skull and large teeth by Francis [ 71 ]. Francis later stated that H . harpia is the only species that occurs in Southeast Asia with sexual dimorphism in size [ 14 ]. Following the current consensus, all records of H . mordax from Peninsular Malaysia should be updated to H . harpia . IUCN status: Least Concern Recorded at: Pahang : Fraser Hill Forest Reserve [ 56 ] . Previously recorded as H . mordax at: Pahang : Krau Wildlife Reserve [ 11 ], National Park [ 193 ]; Perak : Temengor Forest Reserve [ 46 , 47 , 71 ]. The roosting ecology of H . harpia remains unknown due to its rarity but the species has been recorded in forests with hilly terrains [ 11 ].