Pipistrellus stenopterus (Dobson 1875)

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 : 19

Pipistrellus stenopterus (Dobson 1875)

Narrow-winged Pipistrelle (Kelawar Malam Kecil)

Specimens examined (2).—Monggis: TTU 108236 (GenBank EU521634 ); Mt. Penrisen: TTU 108399.

Type locality.— Malaysia (Borneo), Sarawak .

Malaysian distribution.—Recorded from Peninsular Malaysia (Johore: Endau Rompin; Kedah: Pulau Singa; Negeri Sembilan: Serting; Pahang: Krau, Lakum, Sungai Relau, Taman Negara; Perak: Grik; and Selangor: Bukit Kutu, Bukit Lagong, Hulu Gombak) and Borneo (Sabah: Kota Kinabalu, Mt. Trus Madi , Poring, and Sandakan; Sarawak: Kelabit uplands, and Kuching).

Remarks.—Tribe Pipistrellini (Hoofer and Van Den Bussche 2003) . The specimen from Monggis was captured using a hand held mist net while it was hawking insects near a lamp in front of the Monggis station headquarters. The specimen from Mt. Penrisen was collected in a mist net along the edge of a steep cliff. These bats have brown to orange upper and underparts.