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86 Mohammad Naufal Mohammad Shah, Khairul Bariah Mohd Johan, Azuan Roslan, Hasrul Zaman
Hassan Basri, Elizabeth Pesiu, Muhammad Aidil Zahidin, Mohd Tajuddin Abdullah & Mohamed Nor
86 Mohammad Naufal Mohammad Shah, Khairul Bariah Mohd Johan, Azuan Roslan, Hasrul
Zalipah
Zaman Hassan Basri, Elizabeth Pesiu, Muhammad Aidil Zahidin, Mohd Tajuddin Abdullah &
Mohamed Nor Zalipah
Figure 5. Pollen species observed carried by the pteropodid bats caught at the
lowland rainforest of Terengganu. A) Sonneratia spp. (Family Lythraceae), B)
Ceiba pentandra (Family Malvaceae). C), D), E) and F) were the unidentified
pollen species, classified into four types based on the shape and size of the pollen
grains.
Although reported to primarily feeds on fruits, the two Cynopterus species (C.
bracyotis and C. horsfieldii), together with M. ecaudatus were reported to be
regular visitors to flowering chiropterophilous plants (plants pollinated by bats)
