TY - JOUR AU - Thanh, Hoang Trung AU - Son, Nguyen Truong AU - Duong, Vu Thuy AU - Luong, Nguyen Thanh AU - Loi, Dao Nhan AU - Thong, Vu Dinh PY - 2019/12/31 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - New records and morphological assessments of long-nosed fruit bats (chiroptera: pteropodidae: Macroglossus spp.) from Vietnam JF - Academia Journal of Biology JA - AJB VL - 41 IS - 4 SE - Articles DO - 10.15625/0866-7160/v41n4.14695 UR - https://vjs.ac.vn/index.php/vjbio/article/view/14695 SP - AB - <p>Long-nosed fruit bat is a common name of the genus <em>Macroglossus</em> which comprises two species: Dagger-toothed long-nosed fruit bat (<em>M. minimus</em>)<em> </em>and Greater long-nosed fruit bat (<em>M. sobrinus</em>). These two species were rarely recorded from Vietnam or neighboring countries. Within Vietnam, <em>M. minimus </em>has been recorded only from two localities in southern Vietnam while <em>M. sobrinus</em> was known from all northern, central and southern regions of the country. Morphological features of these species in Vietnam were poorly documented in previous publications. With results from a rapid examination of all specimens and recently captured individuals, we here confirm that <em>M. sobrinus</em> is distinctively larger than <em>M. minimus</em> in all external and craniodental measurements. Two species are also distinguishable by their nostril shapes and mandible symphyses. This paper provides new distributional records of both <em>M. sobrinus</em> and <em>M. minimus</em> from Vietnam with remarks on their ecology and habitats.</p><p> </p> ER -