Myotis ridleyi Thomas 1898

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 : 20

Myotis ridleyi Thomas 1898

Ridley’s Myotis (Kelawar Kecil)

Specimens examined (8).—Krau: TTU 108179 (GenBank EU521630 ), TTU 108184, TTU 108187, TTU 108188, TTU 108200, TTU 108202, TTU 108203, TTU 108204.

Type locality.— Malaysia, Selangor, Kepong .

Malaysian distribution.—Recorded from Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo.

Remarks.— Myotis ridleyi was found roosting in small groups. All the specimens were captured using hand nets inside a culvert near Krau headquarters. Myotis ridleyi has small feet with the wing membrane attached to the side of the foot ( Medway 1978). This species can be distinguished from similar species using a forearm size of 27-32 mm (Francis 2008).