Kerivoula minuta Miller, 1898

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 : 90-91

Kerivoula minuta Miller, 1898

Least woolly bat

New material

2♂♂ ( MZB M26340 / 26342 ) ; 1♀ ( MZB M26351 ) .

Records from Borneo

Brunei: Batu Apoi NP ( Kofron, 2002). Sabah: Baturong, Gomantong, Kalabakan, Gunung Kinabalu, Madai, Pulau Balem- bangan, Segarong, Tabin, Tawau, Witti Range (Yasuma and Andau, 2000). Sara- wak: Gunung Penrisen (Jayaraj et al., 2006). CentKal: Barito Ulu Research Area (D. Pio, unpublished data); Tanjung Puting NP ( Struebig et al., 2006 b). EastKal: Bukit Soeharto ( Yasuma, 1994); Sungai Lesan PF (M. J. Struebig, unpublished data).

Comments

This species was captured in harp-traps set in forest at all of the four formations, and was distinguished from K. intermedia by body mass (2 g) and short skull (CBL 10.16–10.36 mm). This Near Threatened (Hutson et al., 2001), forest specialist ( Kingston et al., 2003) has been reported from forested sites throughout Sabah, and sympatrically with K. intermedia in Central Kalimantan and Sarawak ( Boitani et al., 2006), but appears to be much rarer than K. intermedia .