Hipposideros coxi Shelford 1901

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 : 13-14

Hipposideros coxi Shelford 1901

Cox’s Leaf-nosed Bat (Local name not available)

Specimens examined (2).—Bako NP: TTU 108272 (GenBank EU521619 ); Mt. Penrisen: TTU 108358.

Type locality.— Malaysia (Borneo), Sarawak, Mt .

Penrisen (1,280 m).

Malaysian distribution.—Recorded from four localities in Borneo ( Sarawak: Bako NP, Bungoh Cave, Jambusan Cave and Mt. Penrisen). This study is the third published record of this species in Sarawak since Payne et al. (1985) and Jub et al. (2003).

Remarks.— Bicolor species group (Corbet and Hill 1992). Hipposideros coxi was caught in a harp trap near rock crevices in Bako NP and in an open area near a clump of trees at Mt. Penrisen. This species has distinctly dark wings and ears covered with hair. A unique feature in this species is the enlarged noseleaf that covers the muzzle with two lateral leaflets ( Payne et al. 1985).