TY - JOUR
T1 - BAT SPECIES IN THE FORESTS RESERVES OF PENANG ISLAND AFTER 2010
T2 - WITH TWO MORE NEW RECORDS FILED
AU - Abdullah, Nur Izzati
AU - Elias, Nurul ‘Ain
AU - Khan, Faisal Ali Anwarali
AU - Huang, Joe Chun Chia
AU - Lim, Lee Sim
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PY - 2022/5
Y1 - 2022/5
N2 - Bat communities in Old World tropical rainforests serve various ecological roles to sustain their habitats, yet may be vulnerable to the loss of their natural habitats. Moreover, the exact biological and ecological roles of the majority of the bats in Penang Island are still understudied. Therefore, we conducted surveys at four selected primary forest reserves (Bukit Genting, Penang National Park, Relau and Teluk Bahang) on Penang Island to determine the forest bat species currently living on the island. This study was conducted using harp traps and mist nets from February 2015 to August 2016. A total of 135 individuals, four families and 11 species of bats were caught with an average capture rate of 2.7 bats per harp-trap night and 4.05×10-3 bats per mist-net metre square hour. Cynopterus brachyotis was the only Pteropodids species recorded and Rhinolophus affinis has the highest capture number in our surveys. Along with Coelops frithii reported earlier, two new species, namely Myotis muricola and Phoniscus jagorii, were documented for the first time in Penang Island, indicating that the forest bat community here is still undersurveyed. Our survey results suggested that the primary forests on Penang Island are valuable for bat conservation in terms of hosting uncommon forest species.
AB - Bat communities in Old World tropical rainforests serve various ecological roles to sustain their habitats, yet may be vulnerable to the loss of their natural habitats. Moreover, the exact biological and ecological roles of the majority of the bats in Penang Island are still understudied. Therefore, we conducted surveys at four selected primary forest reserves (Bukit Genting, Penang National Park, Relau and Teluk Bahang) on Penang Island to determine the forest bat species currently living on the island. This study was conducted using harp traps and mist nets from February 2015 to August 2016. A total of 135 individuals, four families and 11 species of bats were caught with an average capture rate of 2.7 bats per harp-trap night and 4.05×10-3 bats per mist-net metre square hour. Cynopterus brachyotis was the only Pteropodids species recorded and Rhinolophus affinis has the highest capture number in our surveys. Along with Coelops frithii reported earlier, two new species, namely Myotis muricola and Phoniscus jagorii, were documented for the first time in Penang Island, indicating that the forest bat community here is still undersurveyed. Our survey results suggested that the primary forests on Penang Island are valuable for bat conservation in terms of hosting uncommon forest species.
KW - Bat conservation
KW - Chiroptera
KW - Insular bats
KW - Primary forests
KW - Tropical rainforests
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U2 - 10.46754/jssm.2022.05.002
DO - 10.46754/jssm.2022.05.002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85132752300
SN - 1823-8556
VL - 17
SP - 2672
EP - 7226
JO - Journal of Sustainability Science and Management
JF - Journal of Sustainability Science and Management
IS - 5
ER -