Bats of Sarawak, Malaysia Borneo

Study Extent

This data set is one of data assembled through the BIFA04-24 Project, which covered primarily SE Asia and nearby countries, e.g. Taiwan. This particular data is focused on Sarawak in Malaysia

Sampling

Bats were captured using mist nets and harp traps and, then released after reference calls were taken using a digital audio recorder.

Quality Control

The data were first assembled in a standard form designed for the Asian Bat Call Database (ABCD).The contributor(s) has been trained via a workshop fund by a GBIF-BIFA grant to use controlled language for data entry. The contents and format have been reviewed by the BIFA04-24 project investigator, Dr. Joe Chun-Chia Huang, and the ABCD manager, Dr. Tamas Golfol, under the supervision of Dr. Gabor Csorba from Hungarian Natural History Museum and Dr. Tigga Kingston from Southeast Asian Bat Conservation and Research Unit. The taxonomy of the species records has been carefully reviewed by Dr. Gabor Csorba which is very experienced of bat taxonomy in Asia. After all reviews and data cleaning, the data is migrated and reformatted using Darwin Core with support from the help desk (Miss Melissa Liu) of Taibif.

Method steps

1. Species data were either extracted from sound files recorded from captured animals or/and capture records in the field note.

All bats were identified to species. at least 37 species belonging to 15 genera of 7 families of bats (Mammalia: order Chiroptera) are reported.

1. Hipposideros ater
2. Hipposideros bicolor
3. Hipposideros cervinus
4. Hipposideros cineraceus
5. Hipposideros coxi
6. Hipposideros diadema
7. Hipposideros dyacorum
8. Hipposideros galeritus
9. Hipposideros larvatus
10. Hipposideros ridleyi
11. Kerivoula hardwickii
12. Kerivoula intermedia
13. Kerivoula minuta
14. Kerivoula papillosa
15. Kerivoula pellucida
16. Mops mops
17. Murina peninsularis
18. Murina suilla
19. Myotis adversus
20. Myotis ater
21. Myotis horsfieldii
22. Myotis muricola
23. Myotis ridleyi
24. Nycteris tragata
25. Pipistrellus stenopteurs
26. Rhinolophus acuminatus
27. Rhinolophus affinis
28. Rhinolophus borneensis
29. Rhinolophus luctus
30. Rhinolophus philippinensis
31. Rhinolophus sedulus
32. Rhinolophus trifoliatus
33. Saccolaimus saccolaimus
34. Tylonycteris pachypus
35. Arielulus cuprosus
36. Chaerophon johorensis
37. Emballonura alecto
38. Gliscorpus tylopus
39. Hesperoptenus blanfordi

12 localities, including 7 protect areas across Sarawak in Malaysia