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Surveys of bats (Mammalia, Chiroptera) in the Tay Con Linh Mountains, Vietnam
Kruskop S.V., Yuzefovich A.P., Dang C.H., Zhukova S.S., Hoang T.T., Vuong T.T., Fukui D., Motokawa M., Bui H.T., Nguyen T.S.
P. 99-113
The article summarizes the results of two surveys of the bat fauna of the Tay Con Linh mountain range in northern Vietnam (Ha Giang Province) on the border with China. Previously published data on these mountains showed the presence of a rich and unique fauna of rodents and, especially, insectivores, but information about chiropterans for this territory has so far been fragmentary. Surveys carried out in March 2017 and April 2023 at altitudes ranging from 570 to 2300 m asl identified at least 30 bat species from four families. Some of the species found are known in Indochina from isolated records and were first discovered in Ha Giang Province. The bat fauna of Tay Con Linh includes both widespread, ecologically flexible species (e.g., Cynopterus sphinx, Rhinolophus affinis), as well as species of the Indo-Himalayan fauna that penetrate into the territory of Vietnam along mountain ranges (e.g., Mirostrellus joffrei), species which distribution patterns are not clear due to extremely fragmented ranges (e.g., Rhinolophus siamensis, Hipposideros khaokhouayensis, Arielulus cf. circumdatus), and at least one Palearctic species (Myotis altarium). At the same time, due to the absence of karstic caves on the massif, there are no species obligately associated with karst, and petrophilic species are generally few in number. Most of widespread species are confined to low and medium elevations. On the contrary, a number of species (Harpiola isodon, Murina chrysochaetes, M. huttoni, Myotis altarium, Arielulus cf. circumdatus, Mirostrellus joffrei) were found only at altitudes of 1700 m asl and higher. It is noteworthy that these species are also known from the more western provinces of northern Vietnam, which suggests that the Red River (Hong Ha) valley does not play any significant role as an isolating barrier for bats.

DOI: 10.15298/rusjtheriol.23.2.01

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