Scotophilus kuhlii Leach, 1821

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, PLoS ONE 12 (7), pp. 1-65 : 50

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scientific name	Scotophilus kuhlii Leach, 1821
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Scotophilus kuhlii Leach, 1821 View in CoL

Scotophilus kuhlii Leach, 1821: 72 View in CoL ; INDIA (Collector unknown; Type unknown) [ 210].

Scotophilus teminckii [ 23].

Scotophilus kuhlii teminckii [ 9].

Common English name: Lesser Asian House Bat

Barcode Index Number: DNA barcodes recorded as S. kulii are associated with the BIN, BOLD: AAC 0094, but there are no DNA barcodes from Peninsular Malaysia.

Remarks: Medway [ 23] reported S. teminckii from Peninsular Malaysia but Corbet and Hill [ 9] considered S. teminckii to be a synonym of S. kuhlii .

IUCN status: Least Concern

Recorded at: Pahang: Krau Wildlife Reserve [ 11]; Selangor: Bukit Kemandul [ 40], Bangi Forest Reserve [ 41], Ulu Gombak [ 54], Air Hitam Forest Reserve [ 55]; Perak: Selama [ 49];

Kelantan: Gunung Reng [ 62]; Melaka: Sungai Udang Forest Reserve [ 68] .

S. kuhlii is associated with humans and often sighted hunting insects at lamp posts in urban areas [ 11]. The species roosts in large colonies, often under the roofs of buildings, under the fronds of palms, in hollowed dead trees in forests, and in hollowed old rubber trees in rubber plantations [ 11, 14, 23].

References

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9. Corbet GB, Hill JE. The mammals of the Indomalayan region: a systematic review. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 1992.

14. Francis CM. A field guide to the mammals of South-East Asia. New Holland Publishers; 2008.

54. Heller KG, Volleth MA. Fledermause aus Malaysia. 1. Beobachtungen zur Biologie, Morphologie und Taxonomie. Senckenb Biol. 1989; 69 (4 - 6): 243 - 76.

62. Jayaraj VK, Khan FA, Azhar I, WeeChen E, Ali MR, Ahmad A, et al. Diversity and conservation status of small mammals in Kelantan, Malaysia. Warasan Songkhla Nakharin. 2016; 38 (2): 213 - 20.

11. Kingston T, Lim BL, Akbar Z. Bats of Krau wildlife reserve. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia; 2006.

210. Leach WE. The characters of three new genera of bats without foliaceous appendages to the nose (pp. 69 - 72); The characters of seven genera of bats with foliaceous appendages to the nose (pp. 73 - 82). Transactions Linn Soc Lond. 1821; 13: 69 - 82.

23. Medway L. The wild mammals of Malaya. London: Oxford University Press. 1969.

40. Ratnam L, Anan S, Muda H. Studies on a Collection of Bats. Journal of Wildlife and Parks, 1989; 8: 9 - 16.

49. Shafie NJ, Sah SA, Latip NA, Azman NM, Khairuddin NL. Diversity pattern of bats at two contrasting habitat types along Kerian River, Perak, Malaysia. Trop Life Sci Res 2011; 22: 13 - 22.

68. Shahfiz MA, Shahrul-Anuar MA, Nor-Zalipah M, Kaviarasu M, Pan KA, Yusof MO, et al. Surveys of bats at selected sites in Melaka Forest Reserves, Peninsular Malaysia. In: Rahman A, Koh HL, Muhamad A, Yusof WKW, Latiff A, editors. Proceedings for Forestry Department of Peninsular Malaysia, 1 - 2 April 2009 2008. Department of Wildlife and National Parks, Malaysia; 2009. pp. 265 - 270.

41. Zubaid A. A comparison of the bat fauna between a primary and fragmented secondary forest in Peninsular Malaysia. Mammalia. 1993; 57 (2): 201 - 206.