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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderChiroptera
  5. ›familyPteropodidae
  6. ›genusMacroglossus
Macroglossus sobrinus
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat

Macroglossus sobrinus K.Andersen, 1911

Also calledCecadu Madu Bukit (msa) · Cecadu-Pisang Besar (ind) · Codot-Pisang Besar (ind) · Grand Macroglosse (fra) · GroRer Langzungenflughund (deu) · Grote Langtongvleermuis (nld) · Großer Langzungenflughund (deu) · isokielihekko (fin) · języcznik większy (pol) · kaloň příbuzný (ces) · ค้างคาวหน้ายาวใหญ่ (tha) · ជ្រឹងអង្កាមអណ្តាតធំ (khm) · ヒルシタナガフルーツコウモリ (jpn)

First described in: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8 vol.3 p.641, 642

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

discussion

Remarks. — Macroglosus sobrinus can be distinguished from their smaller counterpart M. minimus by larger forearm length, body size, and presence of median groove in the upper lip (see M. minimus species account for details).

USING GENETICS AND MORPHOLOGY TO EXAMINE SPECIES DIVERSITY OF OLD WORLD BATS: REPORT OF A RECENT COLLECTION FROM MALAYSIA

distribution

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

USING GENETICS AND MORPHOLOGY TO EXAMINE SPECIES DIVERSITY OF OLD WORLD BATS: REPORT OF A RECENT COLLECTION FROM MALAYSIA

materials_examined

Specimens examined (4). — Krau: TTU 108174 (GenBank EU 521603), TK 152047, TTU 108206, TTU 108207. Type locality. — Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia), Perak, Gunung Igari (Mount Igari; 610 m).

USING GENETICS AND MORPHOLOGY TO EXAMINE SPECIES DIVERSITY OF OLD WORLD BATS: REPORT OF A RECENT COLLECTION FROM MALAYSIA

distribution

Distribution: Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and Myanmar (recorded in Hkakaborazi Landscape; Bates et al. 2021 and possibly distributed throughout the country particularly in Tanintharyi Region and Kayah State).

Mammals of Myanmar: an annotated checklist

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5218626.