Myotis horsfieldii
Creators: name: Voon-Ching Lim
name: Rosli Ramli
name: Bhassu, Subha
name: John-James Wilson
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Vespertilionidae
Myotis
Myotis horsfieldii

description: <i>Myotis horsfieldii</i> [Temminck, 1840] <i>Vespertilio horsfieldii</i> Temminck, 1840: 226; Mount Gede, Java, INDONESIA (Collector unknown; Type unknown) [82]. <i>Myotis horsfieldii</i> [8]. <b>Common English name:</b> Horsfield’s Myotis <b>Barcode Index Number:</b> BOLD:AAB9975 (1 DNA barcode from Peninsular Malaysia; Fig 6) <b>Remarks:</b> DNA barcodes recorded as <i>M</i>. <i>horsfieldii</i> are associated with four BINs, BOLD: AAB9973, BOLD:AAB9974, BOLD:AAB9975, and BOLD:ACH4644 (Fig 6). Five subspecies have been described under <i>M</i>. <i>horsfieldii</i>: <i>M</i>. <i>h</i>. <i>horsfieldii</i> (type locality: Java), <i>M</i>. <i>h</i>. <i>dryas</i> (type locality: Andaman Islands), <i>M</i>. <i>h</i>. <i>peshwa</i> (type locality: India), <i>M</i>. <i>h</i>. <i>jeannei</i> (type locality: Philippines) and <i>M</i>. <i>h</i>. <i>deignani</i> (type locality: Thailand) [98]. The form occurring in Peninsular Malaysia represents the <i>M</i>. <i>h</i>. <i>horsfieldii</i> [9]. <b>IUCN status:</b> Least Concern <b>Recorded at: Pahang</b>: Krau Wildlife Reserve [11], Merapoh [40], Cameron Highland [60]; <b>Pulau Pinang</b> [23]; <b>Kuala Lumpur</b>: Ampang [23, 140]; <b>Perak</b>: Temengor Forest Reserve [46, 47]; <b>Kelantan:</b> Gunung Reng [62]; <b>Terengganu</b>: Bukit Dendong [97]. <i>M</i>. <i>horsfieldii</i> has been recorded roosting in limestone caves, in crevices of rocks and boulders, and foraging near forest streams to presumably skim insects from water surface [11, 14, 23].
description: Published as part of <i>Voon-Ching Lim, Rosli Ramli, Subha Bhassu &amp; John-James Wilson, 2017, A checklist of the bats of Peninsular Malaysia and progress towards a DNA barcode reference library, pp. 1-65 in PLoS ONE 12 (7)</i> on pages 53-54, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0179555, http://zenodo.org/record/4251352
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