A checklist of the bats of Peninsular Malaysia and progress towards a DNA barcode reference library.

ABSTRACT: Several published checklists of bat species have covered Peninsular Malaysia as part of a broader region and/or in combination with other mammal groups. Other researchers have produced comprehensive checklists for specific localities within the peninsula. To our knowledge, a comprehensive checklist of bats specifically for the entire geopolitical region of Peninsular Malaysia has never been published, yet knowing which species are present in Peninsular Malaysia and their distributions across the region are crucial in developing suitable conservation plans. Our literature search revealed that 110 bat species have been documented in Peninsular Malaysia; 105 species have precise locality records while five species lack recent and/or precise locality records. We retrieved 18 species from recor

SUBMITTER: Lim VC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5526618 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature