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 .