Abstract
Rhinolophus malayanus has been found in several countries in Southeast Asia, including Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, and Myanmar. In 2015, we found three small Rhinolophus bats in Mengla County, Yunnan, China. Results of morphological and molecular examinations identified them as R. malayanus. This is the first record of existence of R. malayanus in China. This study advanced our knowledge of bat distribution and provided important information for further studies of various aspects of R. malayanus in China.
Acknowledgments
We thank Guangjian Zhu and Hui Liu for assistance with the bat collection and Haitao Huang for help with the photography. We also thank Yi-Hsuan Pan and Yulei Huang for their valuable advice. This work was funded by the Science & Technology Planning Project of Guangzhou (201707010128) and the GDAS Special Project of Science and Technology Development (2017GDASCX-0107, 2018GDASCX-0107).
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