Penthetor lucasi (Dobson, 1880)

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 : 11-12

Penthetor lucasi [Dobson, 1880]

Cynopterus (Ptenochirus) lucasi Dobson, 1880: 163 ; Sarawak, MALAYSIA (Frederic A. Lucas, presenter; Described based on a male specimen from collection of Ward’s Museum, Rochester, New York with unknown current location) [ 85].

Penthetor lucasi [ 76].

Common English name: Dusky Fruit Bat

Barcode Index Number: BOLD:AAB3098 (1 DNA barcode from Peninsular Malaysia;

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Remarks: High divergences in cytochrome b mtDNA were reported within a population of P. lucasi in Miri, Sarawak, Borneo (4.9%) and within a population in Kuching, Sarawak (4.7%) [ 86]. This is congruent with Khan et al. [ 32] who reported “~5%” divergence in cytochrome b mtDNA among specimens from Sarawak. Khan et al. [ 32] did not include specimens from Peninsular Malaysia whereas Mohd Ridwan and Abdullah [ 86] included specimens from Kelantan, Peninsular Malaysia. The DNA sequences from Kelantan were clustered with sequences from Kuching, Miri and Sri Aman (Borneo) and demonstrated 3.88% divergence in cytochrome b mtDNA from another cluster from Borneo which consists of DNA sequences from Miri and Kuching. DNA barcodes recorded as P. lucasi are associated with two BINs,

BOLD:AAB3098 and BOLD:AAB3099 ( Fig 2 ). Currently no subspecies have been described for P. lucasi but considering two DNA clusters could occur within a population [ 86], further analyses including nuclear DNA, morphology and specimens from several localities are required for a taxonomic revision.

IUCN status: Least Concern

Recorded at: Terengganu: Kenyir Dam [ 87]; Pahang: Gunung Brinchang [ 11, 23], Cameron Highlands [ 23], Krau Wildlife Reserve [ 11, 41], Tasik Chini [ 43], Fraser Hill Forest Reserve [ 56], National Park [ 87]; Selangor: Bangi Forest Reserve [ 41], Bukit Kutu Wildlife Reserve [ 51], Ulu Gombak [ 52, 54], Ulu Langat Forest Reserve and Sungai Dusun Game Reserve [ 88]; Negeri Sembilan: Pasoh Forest Reserve [ 45]; Perak: Temengor Forest Reserve [ 47]; Kelantan: Air Panas-Gua Musang [ 61], Gunung Stong State Park [ 67]; Kedah: Ulu Muda Forest Reserve [ 57].

P. lucasi roosts gregariously in caves, rock shelters and rock crevices and occasionally under palm trees in forests [ 11, 14, 23].

Figures

Fig 2. Neighbour-joining tree showing all available DNA barcodes for species in family Pteropodidae reported from Peninsular Malaysia. The percentage of pseudoreplicate trees (±70%) in which the DNA barcodes clustered together in the bootstrap test (500 pseudoreplicates) are shown above the branches. Abbreviation as follows: PM = Peninsular Malaysia, VN = Vietnam, JV = Java, Indonesia, BN = Borneo (including Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei and Kalimantan), TH = Thailand, LA = Laos. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0179555.g002