Temminck's Tailless Fruit Bat

discussion

Remarks. — Megaerops ecaudatus can be netted from lowland as well as mountain forests (Hodgkison 2004). The external morphology of this species is simlar to Cynopterus and Penthetor but with an absence of a tail in Megaerops. Other diagnostic characters include tubular nostrils and absence of white edged ears. Megaerops ecaudatus has low cyt- b genetic distance within our Borneo samples (<2 %). Comparison of DNA sequences with others from GenBank showed high genetic distances (7 % and 11 %) between Peninsular Malaysian (EF 105533) and Bornean (EF 105536; Mount Murud) cyt- b sequences, suggesting the presence of two species.

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distribution

Malaysian distribution. — Recorded from Peninsular Malaysia (all states) and Borneo.

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conservation

Conservation: IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Not Threatened. IUCN 2003 – Lower Risk (lc).

Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae

discussion

Discussion: Some records of this species from India, Thailand, and Vietnam (Hill, 1983; Van Peenen et al., 1969) are referable to niphanae; see Corbet and Hill (1992). Reviewed by Maharandatunkamsi and Maryanto (2002).

Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae