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Bats of Penang National Park Family: Pteropodidae Cynopterus brachyotis Short-nosed fruit bat Cynopterus horsfieldii Horsfield’s fruit bat Family: Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus lepidus Blyth’s horseshoe bat Rhinolophus affinis Intermediate horseshoe bat Family: Hipposideridae Hipposideros atrox Lesser bicoloured roundleaf bat Hipposideros armiger Great roundleaf bat Cynopterus sphinx Greater Short-nosed fruit bat Family: Megadermatidae Megaderma spasma False vampire bat Family: Vespertilionidae Hipposideros cineraceus Ashy roundleaf bat Myotis adversus Large-footed Myotis Pipistrellus tenuis Least pipistrelle Hipposideros larvatus Intermediate roundleaf bat Kerivoula hardwickii Hardwicke’s wooly bat Miniopterus magnater Large bent-winged bat Hesperoptenus blanfordi Least false serotine Tylonycteris robustula Greater bamboo bat Hipposideros galeritus Cantor’s roundleaf bat Facts - Bats are the only mammal with the ability of true flight. - Two types of bats; Fruit and nectar feeders, and insect eating bats. - Bats are crucial in maintaining the ecosystem; as seed dispersers, pollinators and insect regulators. - They roost in various places such as caves, rock crevices, in the internodes of bamboos, pitcher plants and unfurled banana leaves. - Up to date, there are 35 species of bats recorded in Penang National Park; nine were new records to the park. Tylonycteris pachypus Lesser bamboo bat Photos by Isham Azhar and Faisal Ali Anwarali Khan Poster prepared by Isham Azhar