Rhinolophus coelophyllus Peters, 1867

Voon-Ching Lim, Rosli Ramli, Subha Bhassu & John-James Wilson, 2017, A checklist of the bats of Peninsular Malaysia and progress towards a DNA barcode reference library, PLoS ONE 12 (7), pp. 1-65 : 30-31

Rhinolophus coelophyllus Peters, 1867

Rhinolophus coelophyllus Peters, 1867: 426 , pl. 35; Salween River = Thanlwin River, Burma = MYANMAR (Collector unknown; MNB 3143) [ 155].

Common English name: Croslet Horseshoe bat

Barcode Index Number: DNA barcodes recorded as R. coelophyllus are associated with the BIN, BOLD: ACE 9393, but there are no DNA barcodes from Peninsular Malaysia.

Remarks: R. shameli was previously considered a subspecies of R. coelophyllus [ 156] but the examination of specimens from Thailand and Cambodia suggested that they are distinct species on the basis of the smaller size of R. coelophyllus and a differently shaped rostral part of the skull [ 157]. Our search of BOLD found that the two names are associated with different BINs. DNA barcodes recorded as R. shameli are associated with three BINs, BOLD:AAB4877, BOLD: AAB4878 and BOLD:ABY7284 (The BIN, BOLD:ABY7284 also contained DNA barcodes of R. stheno and therefore, may be erroneous) whereas DNA barcodes recorded as R. coelophyllus are associated with one BIN, BOLD:ACE9393. Specimens labelled as R. shameli from Kedah (BM(NH) 1898.10.1.1) and Pulau Langkawi (BM(NH) 1968.821 and BM(NH) 1968.822) are smaller and represent R. coelophyllus [ 157].

IUCN status: Least Concern

Recorded at: Kedah: Pulau Langkawi and mainland Kedah [ 23]; Perlis: mainland Perlis [ 23], Wang Kelian State Park, [ 50]; Selangor: Bukit Kutu Wildlife Reserve [ 51].

R. coelophyllus has been recorded in forests near limestone hills and once in a house, and roosts in limestone caves in large colonies with hundreds of individuals [ 14, 23].