Megaerops ecaudatus (Temminck, 1837)

Huang, Joe Chun-Chia, Jazdzyk, Elly Lestari, Nusalawo, Meyner, Maryanto, Ibnu, Maharadatunkamsi, Wiantoro, Sigit & Kingston, Tigga, 2014, A recent bat survey reveals Bukit Barisan Selatan Landscape as a chiropteran diversity hotspot in Sumatra, Acta Chiropterologica 16 (2), pp. 413-449 : 425

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.3161/150811014X687369
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4341877
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C11B87BD-FFAF-BF36-99D4-F91CFAFF75B4
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Megaerops ecaudatus (Temminck, 1837)
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Megaerops ecaudatus (Temminck, 1837) View in CoL

Temminck’s tailless fruit bat

New records

Lampung Province: Kuyung Arang Village, Sukabanjar Village, Sukaraja Forest, Sukaraja Village, Sumber Rejo Village, Way Canguk Forest.

New material

Two individuals were collected as voucher specimens. Lampung Province: Sukaraja Village, 1♂, 1♀ ( MZB 35004, 35005).

Previous records from Sumatra

West Sumatra Province: Mininjau ( Sibuea and Herdimansyah, 1993), Padang (type locality, Simmons, 2005).

Remarks

All M. ecaudatus individuals in our study were captured in mist nets set at ground level at elevations up to 618 m a.s.l. in coffee plantations. Although most reports describing M. ecaudatus from forested habitats ( Francis, 2008), records of M. ecaudatus in other disturbed habitats is recently reported by Sritongchuay et al. (2014) as well. One museum specimen (MZB 35003) indicates a presence of M. ecaudatus in Way Canguk Forest. It is distinguished from M. wetmorei by shorter tibia length and brown on the first phalanges of all fingers.