Murina peninsularis Hill, 1964

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 : 433-434

Murina peninsularis Hill, 1964

Peninsular tube-nosed bat

New records Lampung Province: Sukaraja Forest.

New material

One bat was collected as a voucher specimen. Lampung Province: Sukaraja Forest: 1♀ (MZB 35799).

Previous records from Sumatra

Lampung Province: Way Canguk Forest ( Soisook et al., 2013 — material from the present study).

Remarks

Individuals of this medium-large Murina were captured with harp traps between 50–505 m a.s.l. in primary forests. The upperparts of the bat are orange-brown and the underparts grayish white. The crown area of the first upper premolar (P 2) is approximately 80% of that of the second upper premolar (P 4). The color pattern and the relatively larger P 2 suggest that this is a species of the cyclotis complex. Recent studies have recognized four species of the complex in the Southeast Asia, including M. cyclotis , M. fionae , M. guilleni , and M. peninsularis ( Francis and Eger, 2012; Soisook et al., 2013). Our samples have similar body size (FA = 35.0–39.4; BM = 8.3–12.0 g) to M. fionae (FA = 34.5–40.1 mm; BM = 6.6 g) and M. peninsularis (FA = 33.8–39.4 mm; BM = 5.5–11.9 g) but are larger than M. cyclotis (FA = 29.4–36.8 mm; BM = 5.0– 6.1 g) and M. guilleni (FA = 35.0– 39.4 mm; BM = 3.0–8.0 g) ( Soisook et al., 2013). Based on a DNA barcoding analysis of four samples from BBSNP (MZB35006, 35007, 35885, 35886), Soisook et al. (2013) confirmed the presence of M. peninsularis in Sumatra. It is likely that the records of M. cyclotis in Simmons (2005) refer to M. peninsularis .