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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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