Bats of Northern Peninsular Malaysia

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

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

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