Macroglossus minimus (E. Geoffroy 1810)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 313-350 : 325

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11339985
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scientific name	Macroglossus minimus (E. Geoffroy 1810)
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Macroglossus minimus (E. Geoffroy 1810) View in CoL

[Pteropus] minimus E. Geoffroy 1810 View in CoL , 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).