Vietnamese bat collection in the National Museum of Zoology

Study Extent

This data set is one of data assembled through the BIFA04-24 Project, which covered primarily SE Asia and nearby countries, e.g. Taiwan. This particular data is focused on Vietnam

Sampling

Bats were captured using mist nets and harp traps and then released after reference calls were taken using a digital audio recorder.

Quality Control

The data were first assembled in a standard form designed for the Asian Bat Call Database (ABCD).The contributor(s) has been trained via a workshop fund by a GBIF-BIFA grant to use controlled language for data entry. The contents and format have been reviewed by the BIFA04-24 project investigator, Dr. Joe Chun-Chia Huang, and the ABCD manager, Dr. Tamas Golfol, under the supervision of Dr. Gabor Csorba from Hungarian Natural History Museum and Dr. Tigga Kingston from Southeast Asian Bat Conservation and Research Unit. The taxonomy of the species records has been carefully reviewed by Dr. Gabor Csorba which is very experienced of bat taxonomy in Asia. After all reviews and data cleaning, the data is migrated and reformatted using Darwin Core with support from the help desk (Miss Melissa Liu) of Taibif.

Method steps

1. Species data were either extracted from sound files recorded from captured animals or/and capture records in the field note.

All bats were identified to species. at least 40 species belonging to 13 genera of 6 families of bats (Mammalia: order Chiroptera) are reported. However, there are a few with identification uncertainty due to the restriction of taxonomy dilemma in the study area

1. Aselliscus dongbacanus
2. Aselliscus stoliczkanus
3. Coelops firthii
4. Hipposideros alongensis
5. Hipposideros armiger
6. Hipposideros cineraceus
7. Hipposideros galeritus
8. Hipposideros gentilis
9. Hipposideros grandis
10. Hipposideros haokhouayensis
11. Hipposideros larvatus
12. Hipposideros lylei
13. Hipposideros scutinares
14. Hypsugo pulveratus
15. Ia io
16. Kerivoula hardwickii
17. Lyroderma lyra
18. Megaderma spasma
19. Miniopterus fuliginosus
20. Murina cyclotis
21. Myotis altarium
22. Myotis alticraniatus
23. Myotis annectans
24. Myotis chinensis
25. Myotis pilosus
26. Rhinolophus affinis
27. Rhinolophus affinis-83k
28. Rhinolophus chaseni
29. Rhinolophus lepidus
30. Rhinolophus macrotis
31. Rhinolophus macrotis large
32. Rhinolophus malayanus
33. Rhinolophus marshalli
34. Rhinolophus microglobosus
35. Rhinolophus paradoxolophus
36. Rhinolophus pearsonii
37. Rhinolophus pusillus
38. Rhinolophus shameli
39. Rhinolophus thomasi
40. Taphozous melanopogon

Sampling across Vietnam, including 17 provinces and Ha Noi city