Macroglossus minimus
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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).
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Related works
- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/B5FED4376783348DAB39F373EDACBE6B (URL)
- Is source of
- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/2F424C0B0988DE6E452727D00413C51D (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231543571 (URL)
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.