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Macroglossus minimus

Description

Macroglossus minimus (E. Geoffroy 1810)

[Pteropus] minimus E. Geoffroy 1810, Ann. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat. Paris, 15: 97.

Type Locality: Indonesia, Java.

Vernacular Names: Dagger-toothed Long-nosed Fruit Bat.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Macroglossus minimus subsp. minimus E. Geoffroy 1810

Subspecies Macroglossus minimus subsp. booensis Kompanje and Moeliker 2001

Subspecies Macroglossus minimus subsp. lagochilus Matschie 1899

Subspecies Macroglossus minimus subsp. nanus Matschie 1899

Distribution: Thailand to Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Isls, and N Australia. This species has also been reported from Cambodia but there are no vouchered records; see Hendrichsen et al. (2001 a).

Conservation: IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Not Threatened. IUCN 2003 – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Includes lagochilus; see Hill (1983). Includes fructivorus; see Heaney and Rabor (1982). See Bergmans (2001) and Kompanje and Moeliker (2001) for a review of subspecies limits, some of which are unclear. Also see Flannery (1995 a, b), and Bonaccorso (1998).

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae, pp. 313-350 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 325, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
E. Geoffroy
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Chiroptera
Family
Pteropodidae
Genus
Macroglossus
Species
minimus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Macroglossus minimus (Geoffroy, 1810) sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Kompanje, E. J. O., and C. W. Moeliker. 2001. Some fruit bats from remote Moluccan and West-Papuan islands, with the description of a new subspecies of Macroglossus minimus (Megachiroptera: Pteropodidae). Deinsea, 8: 143 - 167.
  • Hendrichsen, D. K., P. J. J. Bates, and B. D. Hayes. 2001 a. Recent records of bats (Chiroptera) from Cambodia. Acta Chiropterologica, 3: 21 - 32.
  • Hill, J. E. 1983. Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Indo-Australia. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology Series, 43: 103 - 208.
  • Heaney, L. R., and D. S. Rabor. 1982. Mammals of Dinagat and Siargao islands, Philippines. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 699: 1 - 30.
  • Bergmans, W. 2001. Notes on distribution and taxonomy of Australasian bats. 1. Pteropodinae and Nyctimeninae (Mammalia, Megachiroptera, Pteropodidae). Beaufortia, 51: 119 - 152.
  • Bonaccorso, F. J. 1998. Bats of Papua New Guinea. Conservation International Tropical Field Guide Series, Conservation International, Washington, D. C., 489 pp.