Chaerephon plicatus Buchannan 1800
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
Molossidae
Chaerephon
Chaerephon plicatus

description: <i>Chaerephon plicatus</i> [Buchannan, 1800] <i>Vespertilio plicatus</i> Buchannan, 1800: 261, pl. 13; Bengal, INDIA (Collector unknown; Type unknown) [106]. <i>Tadarida plicata</i> [23]. <i>Chaerephon plicata</i> [6]. <i>Chaerephon plicatus</i> [98]. <b>Common English name:</b> Asian Wrinkle-lipped Bat <b>Barcode Index Number:</b> DNA barcodes recorded as <i>C</i>. <i>plicatus</i> are associated with the BIN, BOLD:AAK0536, but there are no DNA barcodes from Peninsular Malaysia. <b>IUCN status:</b> Least Concern <b>Remarks:</b> <i>C</i>. <i>plicatus</i> is considered to be widespread across Peninsular Malaysia [23, 107] despite only a few published locality records [107]. There are no specimens deposited in the DWNP collection. The identity of specimens in the Institute of Medical Research, Malaysia, collection labelled as <i>C</i>. <i>plicatus</i> could not be confirmed due to the damaged band above head which distinguishes <i>C</i>. <i>plicatus</i> from <i>C</i>. <i>johorensis</i>. <i>C</i>. <i>plicatus</i> closely resembles <i>Mops mops</i> but is distinguishable by having five teeth in each upper jaw including extra small anterior upper premolars whereas <i>M</i>. <i>mops</i> has only four teeth in the upper jaw [14, 23, 74]. Such subtle differences may be difficult to use as identification characteristics in the field for live specimens and consequently may explain the lack of recent records for <i>C</i>. <i>plicatus</i> in Peninsular Malaysia. There are abundant records for the species in Thailand and Myanmar [107]. <b>Recorded at:</b> <b>Kedah</b>: Ulu Muda Forest Reserve [57]. <i>C</i>. <i>plicatus</i> roosts in large, densely packed colonies and has been reported roosting in buildings [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 page 16, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0179555, http://zenodo.org/record/4251352
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