MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION IN CHIRONAX MELANOCEPHALUS (CHIROPTERA: PTEROPODIDAE) FROM INDONESIA AND DESCRIPTION OF NEW SUBSPECIES

Maharadatunkamsi . (Zoological Division Research Center for Biology-LIPI Jl. Raya Jakarta Bogor Km. 46 Cibinong, Bogor 16911 Phone + 62 21 8765056 Fax + 62 21 8765068)

TREUBIA
Vol 39 (2012): Vol. 39, December 2012

The taxonomy of small fruit bat members of the genus Chironax was examined. Morphological character, as well as statistical analyses of skull and external characters revealed that the Kalimantan population is sub-specifically different from Sulawesi and Sumatra-Jawa populations. The Kalimantan population is desribed herein as Chironax melanocephalus dyasae subsp. nov.