Kerivoula intermedia Hill and Fancis, 1984

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Kerivoula intermedia Hill and Fancis, 1984

Kerivoula intermedia Hill and Fancis, 1984: 323 ; Lumerau , Sabah, Borneo, MALAYSIA 5˚ 12’N, 118˚52’E (Charles M. Francis, collector; BM(NH) 1983.356) [ 173].

Common English name: Small Woolly Bat

Barcode Index Number: BOLD: AAD 4883 (5 DNA barcodes from Peninsular Malaysia; Fig 6 )

Remarks: DNA barcodes recorded as K. intermedia are associated with two BINs, BOLD: AAD4883, and BOLD:AAM3704. The BIN, BOLD:AAD4883 contains DNA barcodes from Peninsular Malaysia and Sarawak, Borneo while BIN, BOLD:AAM3074 contains only a single DNA barcode (BM012-03) from Sabah, Borneo ( Fig 6 ). Whether the DNA barcode, BM012- 03 represents a cryptic species, a case of mis-identification, or a case of high intraspecific variation remains to be determined.

IUCN status: Near Threatened

Recorded at: Pahang: Krau Wildlife Reserve [ 11, 32, 41], Tasik Bera Forest Reserve [ 56], Bukit Ibam, Kenong and Gunung Aais [ 100], Tekam Forest Reserve [ 173]; Negeri Sembilan: Pasoh Forest Reserve [ 45], Gunung Angsi Forest Reserve and Berembun Forest Reserve [ 101];

Perak: Royal Belum State Park [ 48, 66], Kledang Saiong Forest Reserve [ 100, 101], Temengor Forest Reserve [ 111]; Perlis: Wang Kelian State Park [ 50]; Selangor: Air Hitam Forest Reserve [ 55], Semangkok Forest Reserve [ 101]; Johor: Endau-Kota Tinggi Forest Reserve [ 56], Gunung Panti and Labis Forest Reserve [ 100]; Kelantan: Air Panas-Gua Musang [ 61], Gunung Stong State Park [ 100]; Melaka: Sungai Udang Forest Reserve [ 68]; Terengganu: Gunung Tebu Forest Reserve [ 101], Sungei Kelembang at Ulu Setiu in Besut [ 173].

The roosting ecology of K. intermedia remains unknown but the species has been recorded in the understory of lowland forest [ 11, 14].

Figures

Fig 6. Neighbour-joining tree showing all available DNA barcodes for species in family Vespertilionidae 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, BN = Borneo (including Sabah & Sarawak of East Malaysia, Brunei and Kalimantan Indonesia), TH = Thailand, LA = Laos, SM = Sumatera Indonesia, JV = Java Indonesia, CH = China, CM = Cambodia. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0179555.g006