Rhinolophus acuminatus Peters, 1871

Voon-Ching Lim, Rosli Ramli, Subha Bhassu & John-James Wilson, 2017, A checklist of the bats of Peninsular Malaysia and progress towards a DNA barcode reference library, PLoS ONE 12 (7), pp. 1-65 : 28

Rhinolophus acuminatus Peters, 1871

Rhinolophus acuminatus Peters, 1871: 308 ; Gadok , Java, INDONESIA (Collector unknown; MNB 2548 /1) [ 129] .

Common English name: Acuminate Horseshoe Bat

Barcode Index Number: DNA barcodes recorded as R. acuminatus are associated with two BINs, BOLD:AAB9238 and BOLD:ABY9249. We did not include the only DNA barcode recorded as R. acuminatus (RONP046-14) from Peninsular Malaysia in our NJ analysis due to its short length (S4 Fig).

Remarks: Five subspecies are recognised by Simmons [ 98]: R. a. acuminatus in Java, R. a. sumatranus in Sumatra and Borneo, R. a. circe in Nias Island, R. a. calypso in Enggano Island, and R. a. audax in Bali and Lombok. Corbet and Hill [ 9] commented that specimens from the mainland of Southeast Asia (i.e. Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Peninsular Malaysia) resemble those from Java or Lombok.

IUCN status: Least Concern

Recorded at: Pahang: Krau Wildlife Reserve [ 11], Fraser Hill Forest Reserve [ 56], Gunung Aais [ 100]; Kedah: Ulu Muda Forest Reserve [ 57]; Kelantan: Gunung Reng [ 62]; Perak: Royal Belum State Park [ 66], Temenggor Lake [ 69], Temengor Forest Reserve [ 111]; Terengganu: Tasik Kenyir [ 69].

R. acuminatus has been reported roosting in caves, tree hollows, and sometimes roosts solitarily or in pairs under palm leaves in mature lowland forests and hills [ 11, 14].