Kerivoulapapillosa Temminck, 1840

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 : 39-40

Kerivoulapapillosa Temminck, 1840

Kerivoulapapillosa Temminck, 1840: 220 , PL. 55; Bantam, west Java (restricted by Tate 1940), INDONESIA (Collector unknown; Type unknown) [ 82].

Kerivoula malayana Chasen, 1940: 55 ; Ginting Bedai , Selangor-Pahang, MALAYSIA, 2300ft (Collector unknown; BM(NH) 1947.1483) [ 8].

Kerivoula papillosa malayana [ 23]

Common English name: Papillose Woolly Bat

Barcode Index Number: BOLD: AAC 9529 (8 DNA barcodes from Peninsular Malaysia; Fig 6 )

Remarks: K. malayana was described based on a specimen collected at the Selangor-Pahang border in Peninsular Malaysia [ 8]. Two forms of K. papillosa which are different in forearm length and acoustic characters were reported from Krau Wildlife Reserve, Peninsular Malaysia [ 177]. However, Douangboubpha et al. [ 170] reported five morphological forms within three distinct clusters based on COI mtDNA ( K. papillosa A, Band C) in Thailand. K. papillosa A corresponds with K. p. malayana based on the size a larger skull and higher braincase and is 6.97% divergent from K. papillosa Bwhich comprises two morphological forms. The smaller K. papillosa B (forearm length: 42.1–42.3 mm and length of skull: 17.0–17.1 mm) and the larger K. papillosa B (forearm: 39.4–40.2 mm and length of skull: 16.6–17.0 mm) are only 1.99% divergent and may or may not represent a further undescribed species. K. papillosa Cis only 0.55% divergent from K. lenis collected in Peninsular Malaysia with morphological variation, and is 13.06% and 14.86% divergent from K. papillosa Aand Brespectively (see Fig 9 in [ 170]).

Our NJ analysis ( Fig 6 ) revealed three clusters of DNA barcodes recorded as K. papillosa corresponding to three BINs, BOLD:AAC9527, BOLD:AAC9528 and BOLD:AAC9529. It is likely that BIN, BOLD:AAC9529 (as K. papillosa Small in [ 169] and as K. papillosa A [ 170]) with DNA barcodes recorded as K. papillosa and K. cf. papillosa represent K. p. malayana based on type locality. We conservatively retained K. papillosa in our checklist and propose further research be conducted to address the suggestion that “ malayana ” to recognised as a distinct species.

IUCN status: Least Concern

Recorded at: Pahang: Krau Wildlife Reserve [ 11, 32, 41], Kuala Atok, National Park [ 44], Tasik Bera Forest Reserve and Fraser Hill Forest Reserve [ 56], Bukit Ibam, Kemasul, Jengka, Klau Besar, Kenong and Gunung Aais [ 100]; Selangor: Bangi Forest Reserve [ 41], Bukit Kutu Wildlife Reserve [ 51], Air Hitam Forest Reserve [ 55], Sungai Dusun Forest Reserve [ 56], Semangkok Forest Reserve [ 101], Ulu Gombak [ 120]; Negeri Sembilan: Pasoh Forest Reserve [ 45], Gunung Angsi Forest Reserve [ 100, 101], Berembun Forest Reserve [ 101]; Perak: Temengor Forest Reserve [ 46, 47, 111], Royal Belum State Park [ 48, 66], Kledang Saiong Forest Reserve [ 100, 101]; Perlis: Wang Kelian State Park [ 50]; Johor: Endau-Kota Tinggi Forest Reserve [ 56], Gunung Panti and Labis Forest Reserve [ 100]; Kedah: Ulu Muda Forest Reserve [ 57, 100]; Kelantan: Gua Musang [ 62], Gunung Stong State Park [ 100]; Melaka: Sungai Udang Forest Reserve [ 68]; Pulau Pinang: Bukit Panchor [ 100]; Terengganu: Gunung Tebu Forest Reserve [ 101].

K. papillosa roosts in pairs or small groups, with males tending to roost solitarily [ 11, 23]. The species has been recorded roosting in dead or broken bamboo stems and cavities in live standing trees [ 11, 14, 23]. The range for K. papillosa may be very small based on the high recapture rate in Krau Wildlife Reserve [ 11].

Figures

Fig 6. Neighbour-joining tree showing all available DNA barcodes for species in family Vespertilionidae reported from Peninsular Malaysia. The percentage of pseudoreplicate trees (±70%) in which the DNA barcodes clustered together in the bootstrap test (500 pseudoreplicates) are shown above the branches. Abbreviation as follows: PM = Peninsular Malaysia,VN = Vietnam, BN = Borneo (including Sabah & Sarawak of East Malaysia, Brunei and Kalimantan Indonesia), TH = Thailand, LA = Laos, SM = Sumatera Indonesia, JV = Java Indonesia, CH = China, CM = Cambodia. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0179555.g006