We surveyed bats near the Hornbill Golf and Jungle Club Resort in the highland area of Mount Penrissen from 27 to 29 January 2005. We caught 38 individuals of 8 species in ten mist-nets and one harp-trap during two trapping nights. These represent new distributional records forMount Penrisen (Payne et al., 1998)

Abdullah, M.T

Anwarali, F. A.

Kumaran, Jayaraj Vijaya

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 1BATS OF MOUNT PENRISEN, PADAWAN, SARAWAK  Jayaraj Vijaya Kumaran, Faisal Ali Anwarali Khan, M. T. Abdullah  Animal Resource Science and Management Program Faculty of Resource Science and Technology Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia  Email: jayaraj_vijayakumaran@yahoo.com, akfali@frst.unimas.my  tabdulla@frst.unimas.my,  ABSTRACT  We surveyed bats near the Hornbill Golf and Jungle Club Resort in the highland area of Mount Penrissen from 27 to 29 January 2005.  We caught 38 individuals of 8 species in ten mist-nets and one harp-trap during two trapping nights.  These represent new distributional records for Mount Penrisen (Payne et al., 1998).    INTRODUCTION  Bat surveys in the highlands of Borneo are scarce or appear as annotated records by some authors (Burhanuddin et al., 1998; Mustafa et al., 1999; Payne et al., 1998; Abdullah et al., 2004; Tuen et al., 2004).  All studies agreed that diversity of mammals decreased with increasing elevation.  Temperature decreases 5°C for every 1000m in elevation, resulting in different forest types at higher elevations, influencing resources available to the fauna residing there. Resource availability has been identified as the main factor affecting species-richness and ecological diversity in bat communities at higher elevations (Findley, 1993). Although diversity of faunas at higher elevation is low, montane endemics make the study of such areas interesting. However, the diversity and distribution of bats in the vicinity of Mount Penrisen has not been studied, although Payne et al. (1998) recorded two specimens from there.   The main objectives of our reconnaissance were to document the diversity of bats found on Mount Penrisen and to compare it with that found in other highland locations. This baseline information will be useful for future studies of other highland biodiversity.  MATERIALS AND METHODS  Study Areas  Mount Penrisen, also called Borneo Heights, is located along Jalan Borneo Heights, Padawan, Sarawak. Our sampling station was near the Hornbill Golf and Jungle Club Resort, about 70 km south of Kuching and about 1000 metres (m) above sea level (a.s.l) in primary tropical rainforest. This remote mountain hideaway is located between forest-

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