1. Species Diversity in Malaysian Bats Mark McGinley Honors College and Department of Biological Sciences Texas Tech University

2. Distance between US and Malaysia 15 927.70 km (9897 miles)

4. Krau Wildlife Reserve

5. Krau Wildlife Reserve

6. Rainforest Bats Mostly insectivorous Roost in caves, under branches, in tree cavities

7. Dr. Kingston and Her Crew

8. Malaysian Bat Education Adventure http://www.ttu-mbea.org/

9. Genus Hipposideros H. cervinus H. bicolor H. diadema

10. Genus Kerivoula K. papilosa K. pellucida K. intermedia

11. Genus Rhinolophus R. lepidus R. stheno R. trifoliatus

12. Other Friends Murinasuilla Phoniscusatrox Balionycterismaculata

13. Catching Bats- Harp Traps

14. “Processing” Bats

15. Trapping Grid

16. Question: Does Bat Species Diversity Differ From February to March? Study Design Capture bats over four nights in February (February 7 – 10) and over four nights in March (March 9 – 13) 12 traps per night Sample soon after dusk and again in the morning Determine species, sex, age, measure forearm length, mass

17. Sample Data Band R Date Trap Species Sex Age FA(mm) Wt(g) MBCRU5733 16-Feb-09 KL0141 Rhinolophuslepidus F A 41.9 5.75 MBCRU5738 R 16-Feb-09 KL0141 Murinasuilla M A 30.4 MBCRU5732 16-Feb-09 KL0137 Kerivoulaintermedia M A 28.2 3.00 MBCRUC1936 16-Feb-09 KL0141 Rhinolophusstheno F A 45.0 9.00

18. February DataSpecies- # individuals caught Balionycterismaculata- 6 Coelopsrobinsoni- 1 Hipposideros bicolor 131 kHz- 1 Hipposideros bicolor 142 kHz- 1 Hipposideroscervinus- 24 Hipposiderosdiadema- 3 Hipposiderosridleyi- 2 Kerivoulaintermedia- 20 Kerivoulapapillosa- 8 Kerivoulapellucida- 10 Murinacyclotis- 1 Murinasuilla- 4 Phoniscusatrox- 4 Rhinolophuslepidus- 8 Rhinolophus sedulous- 1 Rhinolophusstheno- 9 Rhinolophustrifoliatus- 5

19. March DataSpecies- # caught Hipposideros bicolor 131 kHz- 1 Hipposideroscervinus- 3 Hipposiderosdiadema- 1 Kerivoulaintermedia- 3 Kerivoulapapillosa- 4 Kerivoulapellucida- 1 Murinasuilla- 1 Phoniscusatrox- 1 Phoniscusjagorii- 1 Rhinolophuslepidus- 5 Rhinolophusstheno- 3 Rhinolophustrifoliatus- 3

20. How Can We Visualize These Data?Species Abundance Curves X axis- order the species from most abundant to least abundant Y axis- the abundance of each species

21. Species Abundance Curves

22. How Does Bat Species Diversity Vary Between Months?