Megaerops ecaudatus (Temminck, 1837)

Huang, Joe Chun-Chia, Jazdzyk, Elly Lestari, Nusalawo, Meyner, Maryanto, Ibnu, Maharadatunkamsi, Wiantoro, Sigit & Kingston, Tigga, 2014, A recent bat survey reveals Bukit Barisan Selatan Landscape as a chiropteran diversity hotspot in Sumatra, Acta Chiropterologica 16 (2), pp. 413-449 : 425

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.3161/150811014X687369
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4341877
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C11B87BD-FFAF-BF36-99D4-F91CFAFF75B4
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Megaerops ecaudatus (Temminck, 1837)
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Megaerops ecaudatus (Temminck, 1837) View in CoL

Temminck’s tailless fruit bat

New records

Lampung Province: Kuyung Arang Village, Sukabanjar Village, Sukaraja Forest, Sukaraja Village, Sumber Rejo Village, Way Canguk Forest.

New material

Two individuals were collected as voucher specimens. Lampung Province: Sukaraja Village, 1♂, 1♀ ( MZB 35004, 35005).

Previous records from Sumatra

West Sumatra Province: Mininjau ( Sibuea and Herdimansyah, 1993), Padang ( type locality, Simmons, 2005).

Remarks

All M. ecaudatus individuals in our study were captured in mist nets set at ground level at elevations up to 618 m a.s.l. in coffee plantations. Although most reports describing M. ecaudatus from forested habitats ( Francis, 2008), records of M. ecaudatus in other disturbed habitats is recently reported by Sritongchuay et al. (2014) as well. One museum specimen (MZB 35003) indicates a presence of M. ecaudatus in Way Canguk Forest. It is distinguished from M. wetmorei by shorter tibia length and brown on the first phalanges of all fingers.