Subspecies Macroglossus minimus pygmaeus Andersen, 1911

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• Macroglossus lagochilus pygmaeus Andersen, K. 1911. Six new fruit-bats of the genera Macroglossus and Syconycteris. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 7: 641-643 [642] [stat. rev.].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 99.9.10.1 ♂ skin (wet) & skull, Maer Is. (as Mer), Murray Ils, Torres Strait, QLD.

Introduction

Recognised as valid subspecies for Australia.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

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, frugivorous, mangrove, mellivore, volant, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Roosts singly or in small groups, frugivorous in NE Qld.

General References

van Dyck, S. & Strahan, R. 2008. The Mammals of Australia. Third Edition. Sydney : Reed New Holland 887 pp.

History of changes