Rousettusamplexicaudatus [Geoffroy, 1810]

Pteropus amplexicaudatus Geoffroy, 1810: 96, pl. 4; Timor Island, Lesser Sunda Islands, INDONESIA (Collector unknown; Type unknown) [80].

Rousettusamplexicaudatus [8].

Common English name: Geoffroy’s Rousette

Barcode Index Number: DNA barcodes recorded as R. amplexicaudatus are associated with the BIN, BOLD: AAC 4982, but there are no DNA barcodes from Peninsular Malaysia.

IUCN status: Least Concern

Recorded at: Pahang: Krau Wildlife Reserve [11], Gunung Brinchang, [23]; Selangor: Batu Caves [23], Bukit Kutu Wildlife Reserve [51], Ulu Gombak [53, 54]: Kedah: Pulau Langkawi [23], Ulu Muda Forest Reserve [57]; Perak: Temengor Forest Reserve [47], Selama [49]; Melaka: Unspecified [68].

R. amplexicaudatus is a cave dweller and sometimes roosts in crevices of large rock boulders in complete darkness [11, 14, 23]