Macroglossus sobrinus Andersen, 1911

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Macroglossus sobrinus Andersen, 1911

Macroglossus minimus sobrinus Andersen, 1911: 641 , 642; Mount Igari , Perak, MALAYSIA ( A.L. Butler, presenter; BM(NH) 1898.11.29.1) [ 81].

Macroglossus sobrinus [ 8].

Common English name: Greater Long-tongued Nectar Bat

Barcode Index Number: BOLD: AAA 9952 (2 DNA barcodes from Peninsular Malaysia; Fig 2 ).

IUCN status: Least Concern

Remarks: Macroglossus sobrinus was first described as a subspecies of M. minimus but was later considered as a distinct species [ 11, 14, 74] (see remarks on M. minimus ).

Recorded at: Pahang: Krau Wildlife Reserve [ 11, 41], Tasik Chini [ 43], Cameron Highland [ 60]; Selangor: Bangi Forest Reserve [ 41], Bukit Kutu Wildlife Reserve [ 51], Ulu Gombak [ 53, 54]; Perak: Bayor River-Rantau Panjang [ 49]; Perlis: Wang Kelian State Park [ 50]; Kedah: Gunung Jerai [ 50], Ulu Muda Forest Reserve [ 57]; Kelantan: Air Panas-Gua Musang [ 61], Gunung Chamah, Gunung Reng, Gua Musang and Lojing Highlands [ 62], Gunung Stong State Park [ 67].

M. sobrinus has been recorded in dipterocarp and montane forests, and disturbed areas [ 14], and has been reported roosting in rolled young banana leaves and pollinating wild banana plants [ 11].

Figures

Fig 2. Neighbour-joining tree showing all available DNA barcodes for species in family Pteropodidae reported from Peninsular Malaysia. The percentage of pseudoreplicate trees (±70%) in which the DNA barcodes clustered together in the bootstrap test (500 pseudoreplicates) are shown above the branches. Abbreviation as follows: PM = Peninsular Malaysia, VN = Vietnam, JV = Java, Indonesia, BN = Borneo (including Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei and Kalimantan), TH = Thailand, LA = Laos. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0179555.g002