Rousettus leschenaultii (Desmarest, 1820)

Huang, Joe Chun-Chia, Jazdzyk, Elly Lestari, Nusalawo, Meyner, Maryanto, Ibnu, Maharadatunkamsi, Wiantoro, Sigit & Kingston, Tigga, 2014, A recent bat survey reveals Bukit Barisan Selatan Landscape as a chiropteran diversity hotspot in Sumatra, Acta Chiropterologica 16 (2), pp. 413-449 : 426

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.3161/150811014X687369
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4341867
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C11B87BD-FFAC-BF35-99D3-F94AFBAD74C5
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Rousettus leschenaultii (Desmarest, 1820)
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Rousettus leschenaultii (Desmarest, 1820) View in CoL

Leschenault’s rousette

New records

Lampung Province: Lombok Village, Sukabanjar Village, Sumber Rejo Village, Way Canguk Forest.

New material

Two individuals were collected as voucher specimens. Lampung Province: Lombok Village, 1♀ ( MZB 35047); Lampung Province: Sukabanjar Village, 1♂ ( MZB 35046).

Previous records from Sumatra

Lampung Province: Kalianda ( Rookmaaker and Bergmans, 1981; van Strien, 1996).

Remarks

All R. leschenaultii were caught with mist nets set at 603–702 m a.s.l. in coffee plantations, and in Way Canguk Forest. This medium-large pteropodid bat species can be distinguished from R. amplexicaudatus by the more elliptic crowns of the last lower cheek teeth.