Cynopterus sphinx
Creators: name: Voon-Ching Lim
name: Rosli Ramli
name: Bhassu, Subha
name: John-James Wilson
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Pteropodidae
Cynopterus
Cynopterus sphinx

description: <i>Cynopterus sphinx</i> [Vahl, 1797] <i>Vespertilio sphinx</i> Vahl, 1797: 123; Tranquebar, Madras, INDIA (Collector unknown; Type unknown) [72]. <i>Cynopterus sphinx</i> [73]. <b>Common English name:</b> Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat <b>Barcode Index Number:</b> DNA barcodes recorded as <i>C</i>. <i>sphinx</i> are associated with BIN, BOLD: AAA 3386, but there are no DNA barcodes from Peninsular Malaysia. Another BIN (BOLD: AAD 9139) contains a single DNA barcode of <i>C</i>. <i>sphinx</i> from India and DNA barcodes recorded as <i>Pteropus vampyrus</i>, <i>P</i>. <i>lylei</i>, and <i>Rousettus leschenaultii</i>, which we suspect may represent erroneous records or contamination. <b>Remarks:</b> <i>C</i>. <i>sphinx</i> resembles <i>C</i>. cf. <i>brachyotis</i> closely in morphology and both taxa overlap in forearm measurements [14]. However, examination of specimens from Peninsular Malaysia identified as <i>C</i>. <i>sphinx</i>, <i>C</i>. cf. <i>brachyotis</i> SUNDA and <i>C</i>. cf. <i>brachyotis</i> FOREST revealed that <i>C</i>. <i>sphinx</i> is 8.9% from <i>C</i>. cf. <i>brachyotis</i> SUNDA and 7.5% divergentfrom <i>C</i>. cf. <i>brachyotis</i> FOR- EST in mtDNA (combined control region and cytochrome <i>b</i>) [64]. Our examination of DWNP specimens labelled as <i>C</i>. <i>sphinx</i> and <i>C</i>. cf. <i>brachyotis</i> from Peninsular Malayia revealed that the taxa can be differentiatied by a distinctive lower last molar. Specimens labelled as <i>C</i>. <i>sphinx</i> have lower teeth which are almost uniform in size whereas specimens of <i>C</i>. cf. <i>brachyotis</i> have non-uniformed lower teeth with extremely small lower last molars [74]. <b>IUCN status:</b> Least Concern <b>Recorded at: Perak</b>: Selama [49], Taiping [64]; <b>Kelantan</b>: Gunung Reng and Lojing Highlands [62], Gunung Stong State Park [67]; <b>Perlis</b>: Wang Kelian State Park [50], Kuala Perlis, Perlis State Park and Kangar [64]; <b>Pahang</b>: Cameron Highland [64]. <i>C</i>. <i>sphinx</i> is commonly found in disturbed habitats and ecotones but not in the forest interior [14, 65].
description: Published as part of <i>Voon-Ching Lim, Rosli Ramli, Subha Bhassu &amp; John-James Wilson, 2017, A checklist of the bats of Peninsular Malaysia and progress towards a DNA barcode reference library, pp. 1-65 in PLoS ONE 12 (7)</i> on pages 8-9, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0179555, http://zenodo.org/record/4251352
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