Miniopterus schreibersii (Kuhl, 1817)

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 : 42-43

Miniopterus schreibersii [Kuhl, 1817]

Vespertilio schreibersii Kuhl, 1817: 185 ; ‘Columbäzar Höhle’, R Danube , ROMANIA (Collector unknown; Type unknown) [ 187]

Miniopterus schreibersii blepotis [ 9, 23].

Miniopterus fuliginosus [ 33].

Common English name: Common Bent-winged Bat

Barcode Index Number: DNA barcodes recorded as M. schreibersii are associated with four BINs, BOLD: AAC 3658, BOLD: ACE 8769, BOLD:AAX4032 and BOLD: AAA 995, but there are no DNA barcodes from Peninsular Malaysia.

Remarks: Tian et al. [ 188] discovered a large divergence in cytochrome b mtDNA among specimens of M. schreibersii from Europe, Asia and Australia, congruent with previous studies [ 189, 190]. The taxonomy of M. schreibersii was then revised based on molecular and geographic characters resulting in M. schreibersii sensu stricto in Europe, M. oceanensis in Australia and M. fuliginosus in Asia [ 188]. However, Tian et al. [ 188] only included specimens from Japan and China to represent “Asia”. Consequently, we retained the name M. schreibersii in our checklist following Kingston et al. [ 11] and Francis [ 14] pending further research.

IUCN status: Near Threatened

Recorded at: Pahang: Krau Wildlife Reserve [ 11], Fraser Hill [ 23]; Perlis: Kaki Bukit [ 23];

Perak: Maxwell Hill [ 23], Temengor Forest Reserve [ 46, 47]; Selangor: Bukit Kutu Wildlife Reserve [ 51], Ulu Gombak [ 54]; Kedah: Ulu Muda Forest Reserve [ 57]; Melaka: Sungai Udang Forest Reserve [ 68].

M. schreibersii has been recorded in primary hill and montane forests [ 11], and roosts in caves in large colonies, sometimes with other Miniopterus bats [ 14, 23].