Species Macroglossus minimus (Geoffroy, 1810)

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Generic Combinations

• Macroglossus minimus (Geoffroy, 1810).

 

Introduction

Synonyms listed by Mahoney (1988: 106) following Hill (1983: 135-136), rather than subspecies.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Coastal.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, coastal, mangrove, mellivore, volant, woodland.

 

General References

Ando, K., Tagawa, T. & Uchida, T.A. 1980. A karyotypic study on four species of the Indonesian fruit-eating bats, belonging to Cynopterus, Eonycteris and Macroglossus (Chiroptera: Pteropidae). Caryologia 33: 41-53

Friend, G.R. & Braithwaite, R.W. 1986. Bat fauna of Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory. Australian Mammalogy 9: 43-52

Hill, J.E. 1983. Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Indo-Australia. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zool. 45: 103-208 [135-136]

Honacki, J.H., Kinman, K.E. & Koeppl, J.W. (eds) 1982. Mammal Species of the World: A taxonomic and geographic reference. Lawrence, Kansas : Allen Press & Assoc. Syst. Coll. ix 694 pp.

Koopman, K.F. 1979. Zoogeography of mammals from islands off the northeastern coast of New Guinea. American Museum Novitates 2690: 1-17

Koopman, K.F. 1982. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 109 Bats from eastern Papua and the east Papuan Islands. American Museum Novitates 2747: 1-34

Koopman, K.F. 1984. Taxonomic and distributional notes on tropical Australian bats. American Museum Novitates 2778: 1-48

Laurie, E.M.O. & Hill, J.E. 1954. List of Land Mammals of New Guinea, Celebes and Adjacent Islands 1758–1952. London : British Museum 175 pp. 3 pls.

Mahoney, J.A. in Walton, D.W. (ed.) 1988. Zoological Catalogue of Australia Volume 5. Mammalia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service x 274 pp. [Date published 13/Apr/1988] [106]

McKean, J.L., McCoy, M. & Spencer, H.J. 1995. Northern Blossom-bat Macroglossus minimus. pp. 421-422 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

McKean, J.L. & Hamilton-Smith, E. 1967. Litter size and maternity sites in Australian bats (Chiroptera). Victorian Naturalist 84: 203-206

Smith, J.D. & Hood, C.S. 1981. Preliminary notes on bats from the Bismarck Archipelago (Mammalia: Chiroptera). Science in New Guinea 8: 81-121

Stephan, H., Nelson, J.E. & Frahm, H.D. 1981. Brain size comparison in Chiroptera. Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung 19: 195-222

Webber, J. 1992. Preliminary observations on the northern blossom-bat Macroglossus minimus in captivity. Northern Territory Naturalist 13: 25-29

 

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Northern Blossom-bat)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
12-Dec-2022	CHIROPTERA	12-Dec-2022	MOVED
17-Nov-2010		17-Nov-2010	MOVED
04-Dec-2018		17-Nov-2010	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)