Brown tube-nosed bat  (Murina suilla)

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Glossary

Dipterocarp: A family of resinous trees that are found in the old world tropics.
Echolocation: Detecting objects by reflected sound. Used for orientation and detecting and locating prey by bats and cetaceans (whales and dolphins).
Ultrasound: Sounds that are above the range of human hearing.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (December, 2005)
    http://www.redlist.org
  2. Corbet, G.B. and Hill, J.E. (1992) The Mammals of the Indomalayan Region: a systematic review. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  3. Maltby, A. (2005) Pers. Comm.
  4. Altringham, J. (2001) Bats: Biology and Behaviour. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  5. Nor, S. (1996) The Mammalian Fauna on the islands at the Nortern Tip of Sabah, Borneo. Fieldiana – Zoology, 83: 17 - 28.
  6. Kingston, T., Jones, G., Akbar, Z. and Kunz, T.H. (1999) Echolocation signal design in Kerivoulinae and Murininae from Malaysia. Journal of Zoology, 249: 359 - 374.
  7. Europa World (January, 2005)
    http://www.europaworld.org/issue66/swisspalm25102.htm