Eonycteris spelaea Dobson, 1871

Struebig, Matthew J., Rossiter, Stephen J., Bates, Paul J. J., Kingston, Tigga, Oo, Sai Sein Lin, Nwe, Aye Aye, Aung, Moe Moe, Win, Sein Sein & Mya, Khin Mya, 2005, Results of a recent bat survey in Upper Myanmar including new records from the Kachin forests, Acta Chiropterologica 7 (1), pp. 147-163 : 153

Eonycteris spelaea Dobson, 1871 Dawn bat

New record

Shan State: Innwine cave and waterfall.

Previous records from Myanmar

Rakhine State ( Pearch et al., 2003); Yangon Division: Yangon (YU); Kayin State (Bates, 2003); Mon State (Bates, 2003); Kyaik-Kha-Mi (YU); Tanintharyi Division: Tagoot ( Wroughton, 1915); Mar- laka cave, Shingyein cave (YU/HZM).

Comments

Four specimens were collected with a forearm length of 67.0–74.5 mm and a body mass of 53.5–79.5 g. It is easily identifi- able amongst the local fruit bat species by the absence of a claw on the second digit. All specimens from Myanmar are referable to the nominate race E. s. spelaea . This spe- cies was present at Innwine cave despite the commercial extraction of guano.