Megaerops ecaudatus (Temminck, 1837) Temminck’s tailless fruit bat New records Lampung Province: Kuyung Arang Village, Sukabanjar Village, Sukaraja Forest, Sukaraja Village, Sumber Rejo Village, Way Canguk Forest. New material Two individuals were collected as voucher specimens. Lampung Province: Sukaraja Village, 1♂, 1♀ (MZB 35004, 35005). Previous records from Sumatra West Sumatra Province: Mininjau (Sibuea and Herdimansyah, 1993), Padang (type locality, Simmons, 2005). Remarks All M. ecaudatus individuals in our study were captured in mist nets set at ground level at elevations up to 618 m a.s.l. in coffee plantations. Although most reports describing M. ecaudatus from forested habitats (Francis, 2008), records of M. ecaudatus in other disturbed habitats is recently reported by Sritongchuay et al. (2014) as well. One museum specimen (MZB 35003) indicates a presence of M. ecaudatus in Way Canguk Forest. It is distinguished from M. wetmorei by shorter tibia length and brown on the first phalanges of all fingers. Pteropus ? vampyrus (Linnaeus, 1758) Large flying fox New records Lampung Province: Lombok Village, Sukaraja Forest, Sukaraja Village, Sumberjaya Village, Sumber Rejo Village. Previous records from Sumatra Jambi Province: Muara Bungo; West Sumatra Province: Mininjau; Lampung Province: Krui, Rata Agung (Sibuea and Herdimansyah, 1993); as throughout Sumatra by van Strien (1996). Remarks Although we did not capture any Pteropus, four were observed flying in Lombok Village near sunset in late September 2011. Twenty-five individuals were also observed in Sukaraja Village flying south toward Sukaraja Forest from the northeast at around 18:00 in mid April 2012. The bats in the Sukaraja area were possibly from a roost on a small island in ‘Watermelon Bay’ (Teluk Semangka in Indonesian) near the north coast of southern Bukit Barisan Selatan Ridge (J. Yanto, personal communication). Three Pteropus species are currently known from Sumatra, namely P. vampyrus (large flying fox), P. melanotus (black-eared flying fox), and P. hypomelanus (variable flying fox) (Corbet and Hill, 1992; Simmons, 2005). Pteropus melanotus and P. hypomelanus are only known from a few offshore islands in northern Sumatra (Simmons, 2005; Boitani et al., 2006), but P. vampyrus has been reported throughout the island (van Strien, 1996), including BBSL (Sibuea and Herdimansyah, 1993) and nearby areas (this study, see below). Hence, we tentatively assign all observations of flying foxes to P. vampyrus. Farmers throughout the study area reported in interviews that P. vampyrus gather in coffee plantations to roost and forage during the fruiting season. In the coastal area near Sumber Rejo-Way Canguk area, local people used kites with hooks on tethers to hunt commuting P. vampyrus. Villagers gathered at dusk and raised kites into the commuting route of bats until sunset. One to two black plastic bags were tied to the tethers to simulate flying bats and decrease the bats’ awareness of the kites (JCCH, personal observation). Based on interviews with villagers, one to ten flying foxes were captured by the whole village each night in 2010; 30 years ago the average capture rate was as many as five bats per person per night. P. vampyrus were sold (2–20 USD per bat) as medicine for asthma at local markets near the study area. Rousettus amplexicaudatus (Geoffroy, 1810) Geoffroy’s rousette bat New records Lampung Province: Lombok Village, Sukabanjar Village, Sukaraja Village, Sumber Rejo Village, Way Canguk Forest. Previous records from Sumatra West Sumatra: Mentawai Islands; Bengkulu Province: Enggano Island; Lampung Province: Kalianda (Rookmaaker and Bergmans, 1981). Remarks All R. amplexicaudatus were caught with mist nets set at 564–722 m a.s.l. in coffee plantations, and in Way Canguk Forest. Pteropus ? vampyrus (Linnaeus, 1758) Large flying fox New records Lampung Province: Lombok Village, Sukaraja Forest, Sukaraja Village, Sumberjaya Village, Sumber Rejo Village. Previous records from Sumatra Jambi Province: Muara Bungo; West Sumatra Province: Mininjau; Lampung Province: Krui, Rata Agung (Sibuea and Herdimansyah, 1993); as throughout Sumatra by van Strien (1996). Remarks Although we did not capture any Pteropus, four were observed flying in Lombok Village near sunset in late September 2011. Twenty-five individuals were also observed in Sukaraja Village flying south toward Sukaraja Forest from the northeast at around 18:00 in mid April 2012. The bats in the Sukaraja area were possibly from a roost on a small island in ‘Watermelon Bay’ (Teluk Semangka in Indonesian) near the north coast of southern Bukit Barisan Selatan Ridge (J. Yanto, personal communication). Three Pteropus species are currently known from Sumatra, namely P. vampyrus (large flying fox), P. melanotus (black-eared flying fox), and P. hypomelanus (variable flying fox) (Corbet and Hill, 1992; Simmons, 2005). Pteropus melanotus and P. hypomelanus are only known from a few offshore islands in northern Sumatra (Simmons, 2005; Boitani et al., 2006), but P. vampyrus has been reported throughout the island (van Strien, 1996), including BBSL (Sibuea and Herdimansyah, 1993) and nearby areas (this study, see below). Hence, we tentatively assign all observations of flying foxes to P. vampyrus. Farmers throughout the study area reported in interviews that P. vampyrus gather in coffee plantations to roost and forage during the fruiting season. In the coastal area near Sumber Rejo-Way Canguk area, local people used kites with hooks on tethers to hunt commuting P. vampyrus. Villagers gathered at dusk and raised kites into the commuting route of bats until sunset. One to two black plastic bags were tied to the tethers to simulate flying bats and decrease the bats’ awareness of the kites (JCCH, personal observation). Based on interviews with villagers, one to ten flying foxes were captured by the whole village each night in 2010; 30 years ago the average capture rate was as many as five bats per person per night. P. vampyrus were sold (2–20 USD per bat) as medicine for asthma at local markets near the study area. Rousettus amplexicaudatus (Geoffroy, 1810) Geoffroy’s rousette bat New records Lampung Province: Lombok Village, Sukabanjar Village, Sukaraja Village, Sumber Rejo Village, Way Canguk Forest. Previous records from Sumatra West Sumatra: Mentawai Islands; Bengkulu Province: Enggano Island; Lampung Province: Kalianda (Rookmaaker and Bergmans, 1981). Remarks All R. amplexicaudatus were caught with mist nets set at 564–722 m a.s.l. in coffee plantations, and in Way Canguk Forest. 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