Eonycteris spelaea (Dobson 1871)

[Macroglossus] spelaeus Dobson 1871, Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal: 105.

Type Locality: Burma, Tenasserim, Moulmein, Farm Caves.

Vernacular Names: Lesser Dawn Bat.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Eonycteris spelaea subsp. spelaea Dobson 1871

Subspecies Eonycteris spelaea subsp. glandifera Lawrence 1939

Subspecies Eonycteris spelaea subsp. rosenbergii Jentink 1889

Subspecies Eonycteris spelaea subsp. winnyae Maharadatunkamsi and Kitchener 1997

Distribution: India, Burma, Nepal, S China, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, W Malaysia, Borneo; Sula Isls, N Moluccas, Sumatra, Java, Sumba, Timor and Sulawesi (Indonesia); Philippines; Andaman Isls (India).

Conservation: IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Not Threatened. IUCN 2003 – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Includes rosenbergii; see Bergmans and Rozendaal (1988). Reviewed in part by Hill (1983), Flannery (1995 b), Bates and Harrison (1997), Maharadatunkamsi and Kitchener (1997), and Maharadatunkamsi et al. (2003).