Megaerops ecaudatus (Temminck, 1837)

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 : 10-11

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Megaerops ecaudatus View in CoL [Temminck, 1837]

Pachysoma ecaudatum Temminck, 1837: 94 ; Padang , West Sumatra, INDONESIA (Collector unknown; Type unknown) [ 82].

Megaerops ecaudatus View in CoL [ 82].

Common English name: SundaTailless Fruit Bat

Barcode Index Number: BOLD:AAJ2914 (7 DNA barcodes from Peninsular Malaysia;

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IUCN status: Least Concern

Recorded at: Pahang: Krau Wildlife Reserve [ 11, 42], Fraser Hill, Gunung Brinchang, and Cameron Highland [ 23], Tasik Chini [ 43]; Perak: Temengor Forest Reserve [ 46, 47], Bidor [ 76]; Perlis: Wang Kelian State Park [ 50]; Selangor: Bukit Kutu Wildlife Reserve [ 51], Lata Bujang Forest Reserve [ 56]; Johor: Endau-Kota Tinggi Forest Reserve [ 56]; Kedah: Ulu Muda Forest Reserve [ 57]; Kelantan: Gua Musang [ 62].

M. ecaudatus predominantly inhabits pristine forest but has been recorded in disturbed forests [ 11, 14, 23].

References

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76. Andersen K. Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees; 1912.

46. Francis CM. The diversity of bats in Temengor Forest Reserve, Hulu Perak, Malaysia. Mal Nat J. 1995; 48: 403 - 408.

14. Francis CM. A field guide to the mammals of South-East Asia. New Holland Publishers; 2008.

50. Jayaraj VK, Daud SH, Azhar MI, Sah SA, Mokhtar SI, Abdullah MT. Diversity and conservation status of mammals in Wang Kelian State Park, Perlis, Malaysia. Check List. 2013; 9 (6): 1439 - 48.

62. Jayaraj VK, Khan FA, Azhar I, WeeChen E, Ali MR, Ahmad A, et al. Diversity and conservation status of small mammals in Kelantan, Malaysia. Warasan Songkhla Nakharin. 2016; 38 (2): 213 - 20.

11. Kingston T, Lim BL, Akbar Z. Bats of Krau wildlife reserve. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia; 2006.

43. Lim BL, Hussein NA, Ratnam L. A study of the vertebrate fauna in the Tasek Chini Nature Reserve, Pahang in relation to land use. Mal Nat J. 1999; 53 (3): 217 - 238.

51. Lim BL, Majid RA, Norsham Y. Studies on the mammal fauna of Bukit Kutu Wildlife reserve, Hulu Selangor. Journal of Wildlife and Parks. 1999; 17: 1 - 6.

23. Medway L. The wild mammals of Malaya. London: Oxford University Press. 1969.

56. Mohd-Hanif RM, Nur-Aida MT, Zahirunisa AR, Mohd-Ridwan AR, Abdullah MT. Contribution of regenerated forest in conservation of bats in Peninsular Malaysia. J Trop For Sci. 2015; 27 (4): 506 - 16.

57. Norsham Y, Shariff F, Norhayati A, Nordin M, Lim BL. Pre-logging survey of mammal fauna at Sungai Weng sub-catchment, Ulu Muda Forest Reserve Forest Reserve, Kedah. Journal of Wildlife and Parks. 1999; 17: 28 - 43.

47. Shahfiz MA, Shahrul-Anuar MA, Kaviarasu M, Fauzi MZ, Rizal MR. Preliminary checklist of mammals at Sungai Enam in Temengor Forest Reserve, Perak, Peninsular Malaysia In: Mohamed AL, Krishnapillay DB, Kasim Z, Khushairi ZA, Ismail NI, Rezan EFN, Sadali A, Mohammad MS, Hassan MN, Aznan ARY, editors. Proceedings of the 2 nd Temengor Scientific Expedition 2012, 22 - 25 August 2013. Pulau Banding Foundation, Malaysia; 2013.

82. Temminck CJ. Monographies de mammalogie. Tome 2. Leiden and Paris; 1837 - 1841. 392 pp.

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