Greater Nectar Bat

Taxobox
name = Greater Nectar Bat


status = LC
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Chiroptera
familia = Pteropodidae
genus = Eonycteris
species = "E. major"
binomial = "Eonycteris major"
binomial_authority = K. Andersen, 1910
synonyms =

The Greater Nectar bat ("Eonycteris major") is a species of bat within the Eonycteris family.

Distribution

"E. major" were mist-netted in Tawau (n = 7 including a recapture) and Poring (n = 1) in Sabah. These represent additional distribution record for the species in Sabah. Its range is limited and includes Luzon to Maripipi in the Philippines and scattered parts of Borneo including Tauran and Ranau in Sabah; Bau, Kuching and Bintulu in Sarawak Mickleburgh, S.P., Hutson, A.M., & Racey, P.A. (1992) "Old world fruit bats: an action plan for their conservation." I. U. C. N/S. S. C., Gland, Switzerland ] Payne et al. 1985] .

Biology and ecology

All individuals captured were adult females except B0348, which was a subadult. In Tawau, one female was pregnant and another was lactating in July 1996. A subadult female was netted in the same site which indicated recent parturition. All E. major were mist-netted in sites associated with flowering banana plants (Musa species) found on the edge between primary forest and open or secondary habitats. An individual (B0314) was netted and banded at 2205 hours on 5 July 1996 was recaptured in another net the following night at 1850 hours about 30 m away. This may suggest of stable food resources at the edge or lack of feeding sites elsewhere. The area surrounding Tawau Park is covered oil palm plantations or disturbed habitats. This species usually roosts in caves and hollow trees, but there is little other information on the ecology of this species .

External measurements

FA = 80.48±9.94, TL = 19.52±2.71, EL = 19.38±1.09, TB = 34.82±3.68, WT = 83.20±17.79, D5 = 97.29 (1); 5 samples. At Tawau Hills in Sabah, a female was pregnant (B0315) with FA 80.5 mm and WT 103 g, the other female B0317 with FA 81.24 mm and WT 94 g while another was lactating female B0314 with FA 78.46 mm and WT 87.50 g. The measurements are consistent with those reported by .

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