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Eonycteris spelaea

Creators

  • 1. Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA & Southeast Asian Bat Conservation Research Unit, Lubbock, TX, USA
  • 2. Department of Biology, College of Mathematics and Natural Science, University of Lampung, Bandar Lampung, Indonesia
  • 3. Wildlife Conservation Society-Indonesian Program, Bogor, Indonesia
  • 4. Southeast Asian Bat Conservation Research Unit, Lubbock, TX, USA & Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia, Bogor, Indonesia
  • 5. Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia, Bogor, Indonesia
  • 6. Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA & Southeast Asian Bat Conservation Research Unit, Lubbock, TX, USA & Corresponding author: E-mail: tigga. kingston @ ttu. edu

Description

Eonycteris spelaea (Dobson, 1871)

Lesser dawn bat

New records

Lampung Province: Kuyung Arang Village, Lombok Village, Sukabanjar Village, Sidodadi Village, Sukaraja Village, Sukaraja Forest, Sumberjaya Village, Sumber Rejo Village, Way Canguk Forest.

New material

Two individuals were collected as voucher specimens. Lampung Province: Sumberjaya Village, 1♂, 1♀ (MZB 34959, 34960).

Previous records from Sumatra

North Sumatra Province: caves near Kotabuluh and Rampah (Whitten et al., 2000); West Sumatra Province: Mininjau (Sibuea and Herdimansyah, 1993); and throughout Sumatra as detailed in van Strien (1996).

Remarks

Eonycteris spelaea was common throughout the study area, but more abundant in coffee plantations than in forest. One individual was caught with mist nets above the Way Canguk River. It is easily distinguished from other pteropodids by the lack of a claw on the second finger. Individuals were observed feeding on flowers of kapok (Ceiba pentandra) and coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) in Sumber Rejo Village (JCCH, personal observation). It has been recorded roosting with Rousettus bats in a cave in Way Canguk Forest (MN, unpublished data).

Notes

Published as part of Huang, Joe Chun-Chia, Jazdzyk, Elly Lestari, Nusalawo, Meyner, Maryanto, Ibnu, Maharadatunkamsi, Wiantoro, Sigit & Kingston, Tigga, 2014, A recent bat survey reveals Bukit Barisan Selatan Landscape as a chiropteran diversity hotspot in Sumatra, pp. 413-449 in Acta Chiropterologica 16 (2) on pages 421-425, DOI: 10.3161/150811014X687369, http://zenodo.org/record/3943617

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/C11B87BDFFABBF369A98FA4FFD177487

Is part of
Journal article: 10.3161/150811014X687369 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/3943617 (URL)
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https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/C11B87BDFFABBF369A98FA4FFD177487 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/165089271 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/21483/taxon/C11B87BDFFABBF369A98FA4FFD177487.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Family
Pteropodidae
Genus
Eonycteris
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Chiroptera
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Dobson
Species
spelaea
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Eonycteris spelaea (Dobson, 1871) sec. Huang, Jazdzyk, Nusalawo, Maryanto, Maharadatunkamsi, Wiantoro & Kingston, 2014

References

  • WHITTEN, A. J., S. J. DAMNIK, J. ANWAR, and N. HISYAM. 2000. Chapter Ten: caves. Pp. 313 - 336, in The ecology of Sumatra, 1 st periplus edition. Tuttle Publishing, North Clarendo, xxxix + 478 pp.
  • SIBUEA, T. T. H., and D. HERDIMANSYAH. 1993. The variety of mammal species in the agroforest areas of Krui (Lampung), Muara Bungo (Jambi), and Maninjau (West Sumatra). ORSTROM-BIOTROP Report, Bogor, vii + 77 pp.
  • VAN STRIEN, N. J. 1996. The checklist mammal fauna of the Gunung Leuser National Park. Pp. 133 - 203, in Leuser: a Sumatran sanctuary (C. P. VAN SCHAIK and J. SUPRIATNA, eds.). Yayasan Bina Sains Hayati Indonesia, Depok, iv + 348 pp.