Macroglossus minimus (E. Geoffroy, 1810)

Patterson, Georgina, Martin, Thomas Edward, Adams, Nathan, Cropper, Olivia, Mustari, Abdul Haris & Tosh, David G., 2017, Lowland rainforest bat communities of Buton Island, Southeast Sulawesi, including new regional records, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 65, pp. 373-385 : 379

Macroglossus minimus

A widespread species found from Southeast Asia to Northern Australia, M. minimus is the smallest member of the Pteropodidae Family in our study area. It appears to be uncommon on Buton, being known from a total of six individuals. Two of these were heavily pregnant females mist-netted by GP (9 July 2014) in farmland adjacent to BUR. Two additional lactating females were also caught at the same time and location. It is also notable that a further individual captured that evening was found to be pregnant with two offspring. Our records represent a minor range extension to the species’ known range. It is mapped as occurring throughout mainland Sulawesi, including the southeastern peninsular ( Francis et al., 2008a), although not from Buton Island.