Macroglossus sobrinus Andersen, 1911

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.4341905
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scientific name	Macroglossus sobrinus Andersen, 1911
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Macroglossus sobrinus Andersen, 1911 View in CoL

Greater long-nosed fruit bat

New records

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

New material

Two individuals were collected as voucher specimens. Lampung Province: Sumber Rejo Village, 2♂♂ ( MZB 34967, 35837).

Previous records from Sumatra

West Sumatra Province: Mentawai Islands ( Simmons, 2005).

Remarks

Macroglossus sobrinus was captured in both coffee plantations and forest. It can be distinguished from E. spelaea and Rousettus by smaller size and from the rest of pteropodid species by relatively narrower muzzle and longer tongue. An adult female with an infant were found roosting within the dead leaves of a banana tree in a coffee plantation in Sumber Rejo Village (JCCH, personal observation). It is distinguished from M. minimus by the absence of an internarial groove in the upper lip.