Macroglossus minimus
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
Macroglossus
Macroglossus minimus

description: <i>Macroglossus minimus</i> [Geoffroy, 1810] <i>Pteropus minimus</i> Geoffroy, 1810: 97; Java, INDONESIA (Leschnault de la Tour, collector; Type unknown) [80]. <i>Macroglossus minimus</i> [73]. <b>Common English name:</b> Lesser Long-tongued Nectar Bat <b>Barcode Index Number:</b> DNA barcodes recorded as <i>M</i>. <i>minimus</i> are associated with BIN, BOLD: AAA 9952, but there are no DNA barcodes from Peninsular Malaysia. <b>IUCN status:</b> Least Concern <b>Remarks:</b> <i>M</i>. <i>minimus</i> resembles <i>M</i>. <i>sobrinus</i> closely in morphology but has a shorter rostrum (26 – 28mm) and muzzle [74], and a deep median groove on the upper lip which is absence in <i>M</i>. <i>sobrinus</i> [14, 74]. Our examination of DWNP specimens from Peninsular Malaysia labelled as <i>M</i>. <i>minimus</i> and <i>M</i>. <i>sobrinus</i> revealed specimens that fit the description of M. Minimus and specimens that fit the description of M. sobrinus supporting the presence of both taxa in Peninsular Malaysia. However, the taxa showed very shallow divergence in COI mtDNA in our NJ analysis with DNA barcodes from both type localities (i.e. Java and Peninsular Malaysia) being grouped together (Fig 2; also see Fig 6 in [4]). It remains unclear whether <i>M</i>. <i>minimus</i> and <i>M</i>. <i>sobrinus</i> are actually the same species or whether they represent two taxa that diverged recently. Further analysis of nuclear DNA would be required to determine this and we tentatively retain the taxa as distinct species in our checklist. <b>Recorded at: Pahang</b>: Pulau Tioman [23], Krau Wildlife Reserve [41]; <b>Selangor</b>: Kuala Selangor [40], Bangi Forest Reserve [41], Ulu Gombak [52]; <b>Perak</b>: Temengor Forest Reserve [47]; Bayor River-Rantau Panjang [49]; <b>Kelantan</b>: Air Panas-Gua Musang [61], Gunung Chamah, Gunung Reng, Gua Musang and Lojing Highlands [62], Gunung Stong State Park [67]. <i>M</i>. <i>minimus</i> has been recorded in mangroves, coastal areas and disturbed areas [14, 23].
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 page 10, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0179555, http://zenodo.org/record/4251352
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