Macroglossus sobrinus Andersen 1911
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 sobrinus

description: <i>Macroglossus sobrinus</i> Andersen, 1911 <i>Macroglossus minimus sobrinus</i> Andersen, 1911: 641, 642; Mount Igari, Perak, MALAYSIA (A.L. Butler, presenter; BM(NH) 1898.11.29.1) [81]. <i>Macroglossus sobrinus</i> [8]. <b>Common English name:</b> Greater Long-tongued Nectar Bat <b>Barcode Index Number:</b> BOLD: AAA 9952 (2 DNA barcodes from Peninsular Malaysia; Fig 2). <b>IUCN status:</b> Least Concern <b>Remarks:</b> <i>Macroglossus sobrinus</i> was first described as a subspecies of <i>M</i>. <i>minimus</i> but was later considered as a distinct species [11, 14, 74] (see remarks on <i>M</i>. <i>minimus</i>). <b>Recorded at: Pahang</b>: Krau Wildlife Reserve [11, 41], Tasik Chini [43], Cameron Highland [60]; <b>Selangor</b>: Bangi Forest Reserve [41], Bukit Kutu Wildlife Reserve [51], Ulu Gombak [53, 54]; <b>Perak</b>: Bayor River-Rantau Panjang [49]; <b>Perlis:</b> Wang Kelian State Park [50]; <b>Kedah:</b> Gunung Jerai [50], Ulu Muda Forest Reserve [57]; <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>sobrinus</i> 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].
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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