Nycteris tragata (K. Andersen, 1912)

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 : 83-84

Nycteris tragata (K. Andersen, 1912)

Hollow-faced bat

New material

1♂ ( MZB M26364 ).

Records from Borneo

Brunei: Batu Apoi NP ( Kofron, 2002). Sabah: Gunung Kinabalu, Sepilok, Sukau, Tabin, Tawau (Yasuma and Andau, 2000). Sarawak: Kuching, Niah NP ( Payne et al., 2000). CentKal: Barito Ulu Research Area (McConkey and Chivers, 2004); Tanjung Puting NP ( Struebig et al., 2006 b). South- Kal: Upper Sungai Tengah ( Payne et al., 2000). EastKal: Sungai Lesan PF (M. J. Struebig, unpublished data).

Comments

A single male individual was captured in a harp-trap set across a rudimentary trail in disturbed forest at the Marang formation. This represents the first record of this spe- cies in East Kalimantan (it was later cap- tured at Sungai Lesan in 2005). It is consid- ered a forest specialist where it is known to roost under hollow fallen trees, as well as limestone caves (Kingston et al., 2006). In Borneo, Nycteris specimens were previous- ly considered to represent N. javanica (Cor- bet and Hill, 1992; Payne et al., 2000), but have recently been revised to N. tragata ( Simmons, 2005) . Pooled records for both names suggest it is currently recorded from forests in all states except West Kalimantan.