Forest bats in Peninsular Malaysia_2007-2009

Occurrence
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2 January 2025
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Description

This dataset presents 2862 occurrence records of forest bats from Peninsular Malaysia based on a two-year inventory surveys from 2007-2009

Data Records

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How to cite

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Lim L S, Huang J C, Anuar S, Struebig M, Rossiter S (2025). Forest bats in Peninsular Malaysia_2007-2009. Version 1.6. Department of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University. Occurrence dataset. https://ipt.taibif.tw/resource?r=peninsular_malaysia_forest_bat&v=1.6

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Department of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 28637c1a-a993-4447-b0be-2cdf0458464f.  Department of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Taiwan Biodiversity Information Facility.

Keywords

Occurrence; bat; Chiroptera; forest; Malaysia

Contacts

Lee Sim Lim
  • Content Provider ●
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Originator ●
  • Point Of Contact
Senior lecturer
School of Distance Education, Universiti Sains Malaysia
Penang
MY
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9125-895X
Joe Chun-Chia Huang
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Originator
Assistant professor
Department of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University
No. 88, Section 4, Tingzhou Rd
116
Taipei
TW
0277496288
https://orcid.org/https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5081-5900
Shahrul Anuar
  • Metadata Provider
Professor
School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia
Penang
MY
https://orcid.org/https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0648-7318
Matthew Struebig
  • Metadata Provider
Reader in Conservation Science
Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent
Kent
GB
https://orcid.org/https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2058-8502
Stephen Rossiter
  • Metadata Provider
Professor
School of Biological and Behaviroual Sciences, Queen Mary University of London
GB
https://orcid.org/https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3881-4515

Geographic Coverage

The sampling area covered 23 forest reserves in 8 states, including Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Pahang, Penang, and Perak, in Peninsular Malaysia

Bounding Coordinates South West [1.79, 100.484], North East [6.399, 103.944]

Taxonomic Coverage

This data present records of 57 morpho species of 22 genera of 8 families in the order Chiroptera

Order Chiroptera
Family Pteropodidae, Megadermatidae, Emballonuridae, Vespertilionidae, Rhinolophidae, Miniopteridae, Hipposideridae, Nycteridae

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 2007-07-03 / 2009-08-03

Sampling Methods

Bats were primarily sampled by harp traps and mist nets along trails in forests and by hand nets in cave roosts.

Study Extent The sampling area covers 25 forest sites and one cave sites in 23 reserves of 8 states in the Peninsular Malaysia, Malaysia.
Quality Control Bats were identified to the finest level (at least genus) based on external traits following keys in published data. Tissues samples of samples with uncontained were taken for further identification using genetics tool. The taxonomy has been reviewed and updated following the latest taxonomy backbone. The coordinates associated with the occurrence data were taken using a GPS at the center of all trap points for each sampling date with a precision to 100m.

Method step description:

  1. Traps were set up before sunset and opened through out the sampling nights. Traps were checked several times in the nights. Bats were taken out from the traps and kept in a cloth bag individually. Sex, age and species of all captured bats were identified in the field station. All bats were released after processed at the trapping sites except a few of them were kept as voucher specimens for further taxonomy work. Samples of wing membrane were taken from individuals with uncontained identification of species. All specimens are preserved in the museum of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, and all tissue samples were preserved in the School of Distance Education, Universiti Sians Malaysia

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers 28637c1a-a993-4447-b0be-2cdf0458464f
https://ipt.taibif.tw/resource?r=peninsular_malaysia_forest_bat