Murina peninsularis Hill, 1964

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Murina peninsularis Hill, 1964

Murina cyclotis peninsularis Hill, 1964: 55 ; Ulu Chemperoh , near Janda Baik, Bentong District, Pahang, MALAYSIA (Collector unknown; BM(NH) 1964.771) [ 194].

Murina peninsularis [ 34].

Common English name: Peninsular Tube-nosed Bat

Barcode Index Number: BOLD: AAA 6349 (2 DNA barcodes from Peninsular Malaysia; Fig 6 )

Remarks: Three subspecies were previously described under M. cyclotis based on their geographical distributions: M. c. cyclotis from northeast India to Vietnam, the slightly darker and duller M. c. eileenae from Sri Lanka, and M. c. peninsularis from Peninsular Thailand to Malaysia and Indonesia [ 9, 34]. However, the consistent medium-large body size and genetic distance in COI mtDNA support the recognition of the Sundaic M. c. peninsularis as a distinct species [ 4, 33, 34]. Therefore, all records of M. cyclotis from Peninsular Malaysia should be updated to M. peninsularis [ 34].

IUCN status: Not Evaluated but Least Concern as M. cyclotis .

Recorded at: Perlis: Wang Kelian State Park [ 51] ; Kelantan: Loging Highlands [ 64];

Pahang: Ulu Chemperoh, near Janda Baik [ 194].

Recorded as M. cyclotis at: Pahang: Krau Wildlife Reserve [ 11, 42], Kuala Atok-National Park [ 44], Cameron Highland [ 60], Bukit Ibam, Klau Besar and Kenong [ 100]; Negeri Sembilan: Pasoh Forest Reserve [ 45], Gunung Angsi Forest Reserve and Berembun Forest Reserve [ 101]; Perak: Temengor Forest Reserve [ 46, 111], Royal Belum State Park [ 66], Kledang Saiong Forest Reserve [ 100, 101]; Perlis: Wang Kelian State Park [ 50]; Selangor: Bukit Kutu Wildlife Reserve [ 51]; Kelantan: Lojing Highlands [ 62], Gunung Stong State Park [ 67]; Johor: Labis Forest Reserve [ 100].

M. peninsularis has been recoded in wide variety of forest types [ 14] but its roosting ecology remains unknown [ 11].

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