Nycteris tragata (K. Andersen 1912)

FAISAL ALI ANWARALI KHAN, VICKI J. SWIER, SERGIO SOLARI, PETER A. LARSEN, BESAR KETOL, WAHAP MARNI, SIVANATHAN ELLAGUPILLAY, MAKLARIN LAKIM, MOHAMMAD TAJUDDIN ABDULLAH & ROBERT J. BAKER, 2008, USING GENETICS AND MORPHOLOGY TO EXAMINE SPECIES DIVERSITY OF OLD WORLD BATS: REPORT OF A RECENT COLLECTION FROM MALAYSIA, Occasional Papers of the Museum 281, pp. 1-30 : 18

Nycteris tragata (K. Andersen 1912)

Malayan Slit-faced Bat (Kelawar Muka Lekok)

Specimen examined (1).—Krau: TTU 108180 (GenBank EU521624 ).

Type locality.— Malaysia (Borneo), Sarawak, Bidi caves.

Malaysian distribution.—Recorded from Peninsular Malaysia (all states) and Borneo.

Remarks.— Javanica species group (Van Cakenberghe and De Vree 1930). A single individual was collected using harp traps near a walking trail. This is the only species from this family occurring in Malaysia. Nycteris tragata has a long tail and ears that are separated from each other at the base (distinguishing characters between Megadermatidae and Nycteridae ); and a slit is present in the middle of the rostrum. Our Peninsular Malaysian specimen was separated by a genetic distance of 2.3% when compared to Borneo sequences obtained from UNIMAS collections.