Myotis muricola
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 muricola

description: <i>Myotis muricola</i> [Gray, 1846] <i>Vespertilio muricola</i> Gray, 1846: 4; NEPAL (Brian Houghton Hodgson, collector; Type unknown) [215]. <i>Myotis muricola</i> [8]. <b>Common English name:</b> Asian Whiskered Myotis <b>Barcode Index Number:</b> DNA barcodes recorded as <i>M</i>. <i>muricola</i> are associated with two BINs, BOLD: AAA 8747 and BOLD: AAA 8748, but there are no DNA barcodes from Peninsular Malaysia. A DNA barcode of <i>M</i>. cf. <i>muricola</i> (RONP 037-14) from Peninsular Malaysia but is not associated with any BIN due to its short sequence length (<i>&lt;</i> 500 bp). <b>Remarks:</b> Francis and Hill [214] commented that <i>M</i>. <i>muricola</i> from localities across Southeast Asia exhibit moderate morphological variation. Wiantoro et al. [216] suggested <i>M</i>. <i>muricola</i> was a species complex with 31.5% divergence in cytochrome <i>b</i> mtDNA between (i) <i>M</i>. <i>muricola</i> Western (including DNA sequences from Krakatau, Bali, Lombok, Sumba, Sumbawa, Flores Lembata and Pantar) and (ii) <i>M</i>. <i>muricola</i> Eastern (including DNA sequences from Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Phillipines and Asian mainland). <i>M</i>. <i>muricola</i> Eastern exhibited 9.5% divergence in cytochrome <i>b</i> mtDNA within the group whereas <i>M</i>. <i>muricola</i> Western exhibited 8% divergence within the group. <i>M</i>. <i>muricola</i> Western is further segregated into two subgroups with 7.2% divergence in cytochrome <i>b</i> mtDNA: (i) Sumatra-Asian subgroup (consists of DNA sequences from Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia and Asian mainland) and (ii) Bornean subgroup (consists of DNA sequences from Sarawak, Sabah and Kalimantan). <i>M</i>. <i>muricola</i> was previously considered to be a subspecies of <i>M</i>. <i>mystacinus</i> [23, 213], but Hill [217] reviewed the status of <i>M</i>. <i>mystacinus</i> and stated that the form occurring in Peninsular Malaysia represents <i>M</i>. <i>muricola muricola</i>. Similarly, Corbet and Hill [9] concluded that <i>M</i>. <i>mystacinus</i> was not present in Malaysia and the taxon occurring in Peninsular Malaysia represents <i>M</i>. <i>muricola</i>. Wiantoro et al. [216] reportedthat <i>M</i>. <i>mystacinus</i> and <i>M</i>. <i>muricola</i> Western are 17.1% divergent in cytochrome <i>b</i> mtDNA, while <i>M</i>. <i>mystacinus</i> and <i>M</i>. <i>muricola</i> Eastern showed 26% divergence. After the division of <i>M</i>. <i>muricola</i> and <i>M</i>. <i>mystacinus</i>, <i>M</i>. <i>mystacinus</i> was thought to only occur in Europe until Bates et al. [218] recorded the species in Myanmar. Further surveys are required to determine whether the reports of <i>M</i>. <i>mystacinus</i> in Peninsular Malaysia represents <i>M</i>. <i>muricola</i> or whether both species exist sympatrically in Peninsular Malaysia. The BIN, BOLD:AAA8748 contains DNA barcodes recorded as <i>M</i>. <i>muricola</i> and <i>M</i>. <i>ater</i> (see remarks on <i>M</i>. <i>ater</i> and Fig 6). The species were previously considered to be conspecific [213] but were later recognised as distinct based on body size variation [217] which occurred sympatrically in Malaysia [214]. We did not include the DNA barcode recorded as <i>M</i>. cf. <i>muricola</i> (RONP037-14) from Peninsular Malaysia in our NJ analysis due to its short sequence length, but noted that the DNA barcode did not cluster with DNA barcodes of <i>M</i>. <i>muricola</i> on a taxon ID tree generated in BOLD (hence “ cf. <i>muricola</i> ”). <b>IUCN status:</b> Least Concern <b>Recorded at: Selangor</b>: Ulu Gombak [5, 53, 54], Bukit Kutu Wildlife Reserve [51], Air Hitam Forest Reserve [55]; <b>Pahang</b>: Krau Wildlife Reserve [11]; <b>Negeri Sembilan</b>: Pasoh Forest Reserve [45]; <b>Perak</b>: Temengor Forest Reserve [46, 47]; <b>Johor:</b> Endau-Kota Tinggi Forest Reserve [56]; <b>Kelantan</b>: Air Panas-Gua Musang [61], Gunung Stong State Park [67]. Recorded as <i>M</i>. <i>mystacinus</i> at: <b>Pulau Pinang</b>: Unspecified [23]; <b>Selangor</b>: Air Hitam Forest Reserve [40], Ulu Gombak [52], Batu Caves [219]; <b>Pahang</b>: Krau Wildlife Reserve [41], Tasik Chini [43]. <i>M</i>. <i>muricola</i> has been reported roosting in small colonies of up to ten individuals at vegetated cave entrances and in tightly rolled central leaves of banana plants, in both forested and agricultural areas [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 52-53, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0179555, http://zenodo.org/record/4251352
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