Emballonura monticola Temminck 1838
- Dataset
- A recent bat survey reveals Bukit Barisan Selatan Landscape as a chiropteran diversity hotspot in Sumatra
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Chiroptera
- family
- Emballonuridae
- genus
- Emballonura
- species
- Emballonura monticola
discussion
In Way Canguk Forest, we recorded E. monticola roosting in the Gimbar 1 cave with H. larvatus, but using separate chambers, as well as under a dormitory of the WCS research station. Individuals identified by their distinctive echolocation calls were observed foraging closing to the height of the tree crown (10 – 15 m) at the edge of coffee plantations. It can be distinguished from E. alecto by the presence of a gap between the first two upper premolars (Corbet and Hill, 1996).
distribution
New records Lampung Province: Sukaraja Village, Sumber Rejo Village, Way Canguk Forest. Previous records from Sumatra North Sumatra Province: Nias Island; West Sumatra Province: Mentawai Islands (Simmons, 2005). Remarks
vernacular_names
Lesser sheath-tailed bat
Name
- Homonyms
- Emballonura monticola Temminck 1838