Bats of Buton Island SE Sulawesi 2018 Occurrence Dataset

Study Extent

This dataset is assembled as an extension of SEBACRU's 2019-2020 BIFA project, which covered primarily SE Asia and nearby Asian countries. This particular data is focused on bats from the Buton Island in SE Sulawesi, Indonesia

Sampling

Bats were recorded using various trapping techniques, passive acoustic monitoring

Quality Control

The dataset was prepared by the first author (MD) with supervision by the 2nd author (CC). It was first assembled in a standard form designed for the Asian Bat Call Database (ABCD).The contributor(s) has been worked on the data preparation with assistance from Dr. Joe Chun-Chia Huang of SEABCRU, who is also the primary investigtor of the BIFA04-24 project. The contents and format have been reviewed by Joe and Dr. Tamas Golfol from ABCD. The taxonomy of the species records has been carefully reviewed by Dr. Golfol which is very experienced of bat taxonomy in Asia.

Method steps

1. Species data were either extracted from sound files recorded from captured animals or/and capture records in the field note. Capture individuals were identified primarily by morphological features.

At least 33 bat (Mammalia: order Chiroptera) species belonged to 22 genera of eight families, of which 30 are identified to species level and 3 are identified to genus level

1. Acerodon celebensis
   rank: species
2. Cheiromeles
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3. Cynopterus luzoniensis
   rank: species
4. Cynopterus minutus
   rank: species
5. Dobsonia crenulata
   rank: species
6. Dobsonia exoleta
   rank: species
7. Emballonura monticola
   rank: species
8. Eonycteris spelaea
   rank: species
9. Hipposideros ater
   rank: species
10. Hipposideros cervinus
    rank: species
11. Hipposideros diadema
    rank: species
12. Hipposideros galeritus
    rank: species
13. Hipposideros pelingensis
    rank: species
14. Kerivoula hardwickii
    rank: species
15. Kerivoula papillosa
    rank: species
16. Macroglossus minimus
    rank: species
17. Megaderma spasma
    rank: species
18. Miniopterus australis
    rank: species
19. Miniopterus schreibersii
    rank: species
20. Mops sarasinorum
    rank: species
21. Mosia nigrescens
    rank: species
22. Murina florium
    rank: species
23. Myotis horsfieldii
    rank: species
24. Myotis moluccarum
    rank: species
25. Nyctimene cephalotes
    rank: species
26. Rhinolophus celebensis
    rank: species
27. Rhinolophus philippinensis
    rank: species
28. Rhinolophus tatar
    rank: species
29. Rousettus amplexicaudatus
    rank: species
30. Rousettus celebensis
    rank: species
31. Saccolaimus
    rank: genus
32. Taphozous
    rank: genus
33. Tylonycteris robustula
    rank: species

Lowland Rainforest of Buton Island situated within and outside the national parks with targeted habitats like coastal/ mangrove, riparian, karst cave systems, secondary forest, and farmland.