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Bats of Northern Peninsular Malaysia

Citation

Jayaraj V K, Aminuddin-Baqi M H F, Iqbal M B N H, Nur-Nabilah B A R, Azhar I, Ean W C, Khan F A A (2020). Bats of Northern Peninsular Malaysia. Version 1.4. Southeast Asian Bat Conservation Research Unit. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/4dtajy accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-03-31.

Description

Bat diversity data from the northern part of the Peninsular Malaysia

Sampling Description

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 bats from 3 provinces, namely Perlis, Kelantan and Pahang, in the northern part of Peninsular 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

Taxonomic Coverages

All bats were identified to species. At least 39 species belonging to 17 genera of 6 families of bats (Mammalia: order Chiroptera) are reported. However, there are a few with identification uncertainty due to the restriction of taxonomy dilemma in the study area
  1. Balionycteris maculata
  2. Chironax melanocephalus
  3. Cynopterus brachyotis
  4. Cynopterus cf. brachyotis Forest
  5. Cynopterus horsfieldii
  6. Cynopterus sphinx
  7. Embalonura monticola
  8. Eonycteris spelaea
  9. Glischropus tylopus
  10. Hipposideros armiger
  11. Hipposideros bicolor
  12. Hipposideros cf. bicolor
  13. Hipposideros chiewkweeae
  14. Hipposideros cineraceus
  15. Hipposideros diadema
  16. Hipposideros galeritus
  17. Hipposideros larvatus
  18. Kerivoula hardwickii
  19. Kerivoula minuta
  20. Kerivoula papillosa
  21. Kerivoula pellucida
  22. Macroglossus minimus
  23. Macroglossus sobrinus
  24. Megaderma spasma
  25. Megaerops ecaudatus
  26. Murina cyclotis
  27. Murina suilla
  28. Myotis horsfieldii
  29. Myotis muricola
  30. Myotis sp
  31. Rhinolophus acuminatus
  32. Rhinolophus affinis
  33. Rhinolophus chiewkweeae
  34. Rhinolophus dohrni
  35. Rhinolophus lepidus
  36. Rhinolophus pusillus
  37. Rhinolophus robinsoni
  38. Rhinolophus stheno
  39. Rousettus leschenaultii
  40. Scotophilus kuhlii
  41. Tylonycteris fulvida
  42. Tylonycteris malayana

Geographic Coverages

northern part of Peninsular Malaysia, including Perlis, Kelantan and Pahang states.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Vijaya Kumaran Jayaraj
originator
position: Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Earth Science, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan
MY
email: jayaraj@umk.edu.my
userId: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=baSv_eQAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Muhammad Hasrizal Fuad Aminuddin-Baqi
originator
position: MSc candidate
Faculty of Earth Science, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan
MY
email: aminuddinbaqi@gmail.com
Mohamad Bin Nurul Hafiz Iqbal
originator
position: BSc student
Faculty of Earth Science, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan
MY
email: iqbal.e17a0082@siswa.umk.edu.my
Binti A. Rahman Nur-Nabilah
originator
position: BSc student
Faculty of Earth Science, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan
MY
email: miss_nabilah98@yahoo.com
Isham Azhar
originator
position: PhD student
Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech Universit
MY
email: ishamzhar@gmail.com
Wee Chen Ean
originator
position: Independent researcher
Faculty of Earth Science, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan
MY
email: kirovspm04@gmail.com
Faisal Ali Anwarali Khan
originator
position: Associate Professor
Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
MY
email: akfali@unimas.my
Vijaya Kumaran Jayaraj
metadata author
position: Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Earth Science, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan
MY
email: jayaraj@umk.edu.my
userId: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=baSv_eQAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Joe Chun-Chia Huang
point of contact
position: Visiting scholar
School of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
email: ecojoe.huang@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5081-5900
Tigga Kingston
point of contact
Southeast Asian Bat Conservation and Research Unit
US
email: tigga.kingston@ttu.edu
Gábor Csorba
administrative point of contact
Hungarian Natural History Museum
Budapest
HU
email: csorba.gabor.hnhm@gmail.com
Joe Chun Chia Huang
administrative point of contact
position: Visiting scholar
School of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
email: ecojoe.huang@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5081-5900
Tigga Kingston
administrative point of contact
position: Chair
Southeast Asian Bat Conservation and Research Unit
US
email: tigga.kingston@ttu.edu
Tamás Görföl
administrative point of contact
position: Mammal Curator
Hungarian Natural History Museum
Budapest
HU
email: gorfol.tamas@gmail.com
Vijaya Kumaran Jayaraj
administrative point of contact
position: Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Earth Science, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan
MY
email: jayaraj@umk.edu.my
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