New Species Records from Buton Island, South East Sulawesi, Including Regional Range Extensions
Melissa Donnelly, Thomas E. Martin, Olivia Cropper, Ellena Yusti, Arthur Arfian, Rachael Smethurst, Catherine Fox, Moira Pryde, Hafirun, Josh Phangurha, Rianne N. van der Aar, Amy Hutchison, Ady Karya, Kangkuso Analuddin, Samsudin, Stephanie K. Courtney Jones Journal of www.secemu.org Bat Research & Conservation DOI: 10.14709/BarbJ.14.1.2021.03 ORIGINAL ARTICLE New species records from Buton Island, South East Sulawesi, including regional range extensions Melissa Donnelly1,2,*, Thomas E. Martin1, Olivia Cropper1,3, Ellena Yusti1, Arthur Arfian1, Rachael Smethurst1, Catherine Fox1,4, Moira Pryde1,5, Hafirun6, Josh Phangurha1, Rianne N. van der Aar1, Amy Hutchison1,7, Ady Karya8, Kangkuso Analuddin8, Samsudin1, Stephanie K. Courtney Jones9,10 1 Operation Wallacea Ltd, Wallace House, Old Bolingbroke, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, ABSTRACT PE23 4EX, UK Peninsular Malaysia is currently thought to host the highest biodiversity of Old World 2 Proyecto CUBABAT, Matanzas, 40100, bats of any region, with 110 species recorded. However, the availability of literature Cuba to facilitate a similarly thorough species ‘checklist’ is not as readily available for 3 Ove Arup & Partners, Leeds, West other parts of Southeast Asia, including Sulawesi, Indonesia. Here we highlight 13 Yorkshire, LS9 8EE, UK new species records from the long-term bat monitoring programme on Buton Island, 4 Long Beach City College, Long Beach, South East Sulawesi, expanding on Patterson et al.’s (2017) previous inventory for this CA 90808, USA study area. One species (Hipposideros galeritus) is a new record for Sulawesi, and seven species (Cynopterus c.f. minutus, Rousettus celebensis, Megaderma spasma, 5 Department of Conservation, Nelson, 7010, New Zealand Hipposideros c.f.
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