Bats at UPM: Guardians of Ecosystems
Bats, fascinating mammals, play a crucial role in our ecology, constituting approximately 50% of mammal species in tropical forests and 20% worldwide. Bats can be divided into two suborders: Yinpterochiroptera (represented by seven families) and Yangochiroptera (represented by 14 families). There are about 143 species of bats found in Malaysia, representing 10% of the world's bat population. Recently, 113 bat species have been recorded in Peninsular Malaysia, and 94 have been found in Malaysian Borneo.