Saccolaimus saccolaimus (Temminck 1838)

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 : 17

Saccolaimus saccolaimus (Temminck 1838)

Naked-rumped Pouched Bat (Kelawar Dada Putih)

Specimens examined (2).—Bako NP: TTU 108286 (GenBank EU521626 ), TTU 108295.

Type locality.— Indonesia, Java .

Malaysian distribution.—Recorded from Peninsular Malaysia (all states) and Borneo (Sabah: Keningau, Kota Kinabalu, and Tenom; Sarawak: Bako NP, Kampung Tanah Putih, Kuching, Lundu, Samunsam, and Taman Sukma).

Remarks.—This species was collected using mist nets in front of a dead mangrove tree where the bats were found roosting. Individuals of Saccolaimus saccolaimus usually fly above the canopy and roost in tree branches or rock crevices. Diagnostic characters distinguishing this species include: absent to poorly developed metacarpal pouch, glandular pouch under the chin, and narrow whitish (almost translucent) wings (Francis 2008). Both specimens collected in this study have the same cyt- b gene sequence haplotype.