Notes on fruit bats (Chiroptera, Pteropodidae) from Malaysia and Brunei, with the description of a new subspecies of Megaerops wetmorei Taylor, 1934
- 1 December 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Zoology
- Vol. 67 (12) , 2878-2882
- https://doi.org/10.1139/z89-408
Abstract
New specimens of several poorly known Malaysian fruit bats are described. Megaerops wetmorei albicollis subsp.nov. is reported from peninsular Malaysia and Brunei. It differs from the nominate Philippine subspecies in having large white tufts on the sides of the neck and a relatively shorter, higher rostrum. Further specimens of Chironax melanocephalus from Borneo confirm the allocation of this population to the nominate subspecies. Observations of live Rousettus spinalatus show that the wings are joined over the middle of the back, and suggest that this species echolocates in a similar fashion to Rousettus amplexicaudatus.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: