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SPECIES Macroglossus minimus

Author:E. Geoffroy, 1810.
Citation:Ann. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat. Paris, 15: 97.
Common Name:Dagger-toothed Long-nosed Fruit Bat
Type Locality:Indonesia, Java.
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. (2001a).
Status:IUCN/SSC Action Plan (1992) – Not Threatened. IUCN 2003 – Lower Risk (lc).
Comments: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 (1995a, b), and Bonaccorso (1998).
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SUBSPECIES minimus

SUBSPECIES booensis

SUBSPECIES lagochilus

SUBSPECIES nanus

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