Macroglossus sobrinus

Habitat. Various evergreen forests including primary and secondary montane and lowland forests, often found in dipterocarp forests, mangrove swamps, and plantations (commonly banana and cashew plantations) from sea level up to elevations of c. 2000 m.

Sumber: Pteropodidae

Movements, Home range and Social organization. Greater Long-tongued Blossom Bats roost alone, in mother-young pairs, or in small spaced-out groups of 5 - 10 individuals. Home ranges are probably small, and they probably move c. 1 - 2 km / night.

Sumber: Pteropodidae

Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. There are no major threats currently facing the Greater Long-tongued Blossom Bat. It is relatively common throughoutits wide distribution, although it might be threatened locally by habitat loss through deforestation for agricultural expansion and bamboo extraction in South Asia.

Sumber: Pteropodidae

Descriptive notes. Head-body 70 - 89 mm, tail ¢. 0 - 6 mm, ear 14 - 19 mm, hindfoot 10 - 18 mm, forearm 38 - 52 mm; weight 18 - 29 g. The Greater Long-tongued Blossom Bat is very similar to the Lesser Long-tongued Blossom Bat (M. minimus) but can be distinguished by being generally larger with longer muzzle, its more prominent chin, slightly more forward-facing nostrils, and lack of grooves on upper lip. Head and muzzle are elongated, with very long papillae-tipped tongue, and nostrils are rounded and forward facing. Dorsal pelage is clay to buffy brown, with pale base to hair; ventral pelage is paler and grayer, being almost creamy. Ears are relatively long, rounded, and dark brownish; eyes are large, with dark rufous brown irises. Tail is very minute and difficult to see or completely lacking. Uropatagium is highly reduced, attaching at base where tail would be and following leg up to ankles where it attaches to highly reduced calcar. Second digit of wing has claw, third and fifth metacarpals are subequal in size, and wing is dark with fur extending over upper arm dorsally and ventrally. Skull is long, with very long and narrow rostrum; braincase is strongly deflected downward. Jaw is thin and comparatively weak. Molars and premolars are largely reduced and flattened; large gap occurs between P' and next premolar (P °); C is long, thin, and strongly curved outward; and upper incisors are very reduced, project slightly forward, and are separated from one each other and canines by small gaps. Chromosomal complement has 2 n = 34 and FN = 60 in Thailand.