Published July 25, 2017 | Version v1
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Myotis hasseltii

  • 1. Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2. Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,
  • 3. International College Beijing, China Agricultural University, Beijing, P. R. China

Description

Myotis hasseltii [Temminck, 1840]

Vespertilio hasseltii Temminck, 1840: 225; Bantam, Java, INDONESIA (Collector unknown; Type unknown) [82].

Myotis hasseltii [8].

Common English name: Hasselt’s Myotis

Barcode Index Number: DNA barcodes recorded as M. hasseltii are associated with the BIN, BOLD: AAC 1504, but there are no DNA barcodes from Peninsular Malaysia.

IUCN status: Least Concern

Recorded at: Kedah: Pahang: Krau Wildlife Reserve [11]; Kuah in Pulau Langkawi [23, 140]; Selangor: Unspecified mangrove forest [23]; Perlis: Kangar [140]; Perak: Kuala Gula [140].

M. hasseltii has been reported roosting in limestone caves and rock crevices, and recorded foraging near coastal areas, mangroves and water bodies such as rivers, lakes and seashores [11, 14, 23]. The species is presumed to skim small fishes and insects from water surface [11].

Notes

Published as part of 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, pp. 1-65 in PLoS ONE 12 (7) on page 53, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0179555, http://zenodo.org/record/4251352

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Temminck
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Chiroptera
Family
Vespertilionidae
Genus
Myotis
Species
hasseltii
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Myotis hasseltii (Temminck, 1840) sec. Lim, Ramli, Bhassu & Wilson, 2017

References

  • 82. Temminck CJ. Monographies de mammalogie. Tome 2. Leiden and Paris; 1837 - 1841. 392 pp.
  • 8. Chasen FN. A handlist of Malaysian mammals (A systematic list of the mammals of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo and Java, including the adjacent small islands). Bulletin of the Raffles Museum; 1940.
  • 11. Kingston T, Lim BL, Akbar Z. Bats of Krau wildlife reserve. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia; 2006.
  • 23. Medway L. The wild mammals of Malaya. London: Oxford University Press. 1969.
  • 140. Hill JE. The Gunong Benom Expedition 1967. 4. New records of Malayan bats, with taxonomic notes and the description of a new Pipistrellus. Bull Br Mus.: Zool. 1972; 23: 21 - 42.
  • 14. Francis CM. A field guide to the mammals of South-East Asia. New Holland Publishers; 2008.