Rhinolophus luctus Temminck 1834

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 : 10

Rhinolophus luctus Temminck 1834

Woolly Horseshoe Bat (Kelawar Ladam Terbesar)

Specimens examined (6).—Kubah NP: TTU 108342 (GenBank EU521609 ), TTU 108343, TTU 108345; Mt. Penrisen: TTU 108407, TTU 108408, TTU 108395.

Type locality.— Indonesia, Java, Tapos .

Malaysian distribution.—Recorded from Peninsular Malaysia (all states) and Borneo. Our record is the second record for Mt. Penrisen after Medway (1977).

Remarks.— Trifoliatus species group (Csorba et al. 2003). In Kubah NP, this species was found roosting inside a culvert, alongside individuals of R. sedulus ; whereas in Mt. Penrisen they were caught within a forest along a cliff edge. Rhinolophus luctus is the largest species of horseshoe bat in Malaysia with forearm size of 63-67 mm (Francis 2008).