Macroglossus minimus
(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1810)
Lesser Long-tongued Blossom Bat
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
Order | : Chiroptera |
Suborder | : Pteropodiformes |
Superfamily | : Pteropodoidea |
Family | : Pteropodidae |
Subfamily | : Macroglossusinae |
Genus | : Macroglossus |
Species status
Authority citation
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. 1810. Description des roussettes et des céphalotes, deux nouveaux genres de la famille des chauve-souris. Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 15:86-108.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546722Original name as described
Pteropus minimus
Other common names
Dagger-toothed Flower Bat · Dagger-toothed Long-nosed Fruit Bat · Dagger-toothed Long-tongued Blossom Bat · Lesser Long-nosed Fruit Bat · Lesser Long-tongued Fruit Bat · Lesser Long-tongued Nectar Bat · Northern Blossom Bat
Type material
lost (number not known)
Type kind
syntypes
Type locality
Java, Indonesia.
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya · Australasia
Country distribution
Thailand · Vietnam · Cambodia · Malaysia · Singapore · Indonesia · Brunei · Philippines · East Timor · Papua New Guinea · Solomon Islands · Australia
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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