Rousettus amplexicaudatus

Suyanto, Agustinus & Struebig, Matthew J., 2007, Bats of the Sangkulirang limestone karst formations, East Kalimantan - a priority region for Bornean bat conservation, Acta Chiropterologica 9 (1), pp. 67-95 : 76

Rousettus amplexicaudatus

(E. Geoffroy, 1810)

Geoffroy’s Rousette bat

New material

1♀ ( MZB M26836 ).

Records from Borneo

Brunei: Tasek Merimbun ( Payne et al., 2000). Sabah: Madai, Pulau Balembangan, Sukau, Tawau ( Payne et al., 2000); Pulau Banggi, Pulau Malawali, Semporna, Sepi- lok (Yasuma and Andau, 2000). Sarawak: Bintulu, Niah NP, Sungai Baram ( Payne et al., 2000); Bau limestone formations (Mohd-Azlan et al., 2005). WestKal: Gu- nung Niut NR ( Colijn, 2005); Sungai Lan- dak (RMNH); Perbuah (Yasuma and Andau, 2000).

Comments

A single individual female was captured in a mist-net set over a stream at the Marang formation and collected as a voucher specimen. Unfortunately, the skull of this speci- men has since been mislaid in MZB, so we are unable to relate to comparative mate- rial. R. amplexicaudatus primarily roosts in caves (Kingston et al., 2006) and so it is like- ly that further surveys of caves at this site will record this species. In Borneo it is known from scattered localities in Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei and West Kalimantan. This capture is the first record for East Kalimantan.