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
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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.

References

ROOKMAAKER, L. C., and W. BERGMANS. 1981. Taxonomy and geography of Rousettus amplexicaudatus (Geoffroy, 1810) with comparative notes on sympatric congeners (Mammalia, Megachiroptera). Beaufortia, 31: 1 - 29.

VAN STRIEN, N. J. 1996. The checklist mammal fauna of the Gunung Leuser National Park. Pp. 133 - 203, in Leuser: a Sumatran sanctuary (C. P. VAN SCHAIK and J. SUPRIATNA, eds.). Yayasan Bina Sains Hayati Indonesia, Depok, iv + 348 pp.