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Bats in Tabin Wildlife Reserve
The diversity and abundance of bats is a notable feature of the tropical rainforest and Tabin has its share.

Seeing bats is a challenge but they can be spotted in caves, resting in trees by day and seeking food at night.
 

ICN photo
Order Chiroptera, Family Pteropodidae (fruit bats)
  Pteropus vampyrus v. natunae * keluang bakau flying fox
  Macroglossus minimus     long-tongued nectar bat
  Cynopterus brachyotis     short-nosed fruit bat
  Ballionycteris maculata     spotted-winged bat
Order Chiroptera, Family Nycteridae (hollow-faced bats)
  Nycteris javanica     hollow-faced bat
Order Chiroptera, Family Rhinophilidae (horseshoe bats)
  Rhinilophus acuminatus     acuminate horseshoe bat
  Rhinilophus sedulus     trefoil horseshoe bat
Order Chiroptera, Family Hipposideridae (roundleaf bats)
  Hipposideros ridley     Ridley's roundleaf bat
Order Chiroptera, family Vespertilionida (common bats)
  Myotis muricola     whiskered myotis
  Hesperoptenus tomesi     Tome's false serotine
  Murina cyclotis     orange tube-nosed bat
  Kerivoula intermedia     small woolly bat
  Kerivoula minuta     least woolly bat
  Phoniscus atrox     gilded groove-toothed bat
Order Chiroptera, Family Molossidae (free-tailed bats)
  Cheiromeles torquatus     naked bat
List legend
  Genus species ** B nama Melayu English name
***  Protection status * = hunting license required  **= protected; license required for collection ***= strictly protected
B  Species only known from Borneo