Cynopterus Minutus, Minute Fruit Bat

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Cynopterus minutus, Minute Fruit Bat

Assessment by: Ruedas, L. & Suyanto, A.

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Citation: Ruedas, L. & Suyanto, A. 2019. Cynopterus minutus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T136423A21985433. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019- 3.RLTS.T136423A21985433.en

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Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family

Animalia Chordata Mammalia Chiroptera Pteropodidae

Taxon Name: Cynopterus minutus Miller, 1906

Common Name(s): • English: Minute Fruit Bat Taxonomic Notes: This may be a species complex. Assessment Information

Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1

Year Published: 2019

Date Assessed: July 6, 2019

Justification: This species is listed as Least Concern because, although it is seldom recorded, it has a wide distribution, and is tolerant of a broad range of habitats. However, there is taxonomic confusion surrounding this species and the assessment may be changed when more taxonomic information is known.

Previously Published Red List Assessments 2008 – Least Concern (LC) https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T136423A4289682.en

Geographic Range

Range Description: The species is found on Sumatra, Nias Island, Java, and Sulawesi (all in Indonesia), and throughout Borneo.

Country Occurrence: Native: Brunei Darussalam; Indonesia; Malaysia

© The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Cynopterus minutus – published in 2019. 2 https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T136423A21985433.en Population This species is uncommon and it seems that the population is decreasing. Current Population Trend: Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology (see Appendix for additional information) This species inhabits primary forest but is also collected in villages and disturbed habitats.

Systems: Terrestrial

Threats There are no major threats to this species throughout its range.

Conservation Actions (see Appendix for additional information) Several protected areas exist throughout the range of the species complex. Credits

Assessor(s): Ruedas, L. & Suyanto, A.

Reviewer(s): Waldien, D.L.

© The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Cynopterus minutus – published in 2019. 3 https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T136423A21985433.en Bibliography Hill, J. E. 1983. Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Indo-Australia. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History Zoology Series 45: 103-208.

IUCN. 2019. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2019-3. Available at: www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 10 December 2019).

Kitchener, D. J. and Maharadatunkamsi. 1991. Description of a new species of Cynopterus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) from Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 15: 307-363.

Koopman, K.F. 1993. Order Chiroptera. In: D.E. Wilson and D.M. Reeder (eds), Mammal species of the world: a taxonomic and geographic reference, pp. 137–241. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., USA.

Koopman, K.F. 1994. Chiroptera: systematics. In: J. Niethammer, H. Schliemann and D. Stark (eds), Handbook of Zoology VIII, pp. 217.

Citation Ruedas, L. & Suyanto, A. 2019. Cynopterus minutus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T136423A21985433. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T136423A21985433.en

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Habitats (http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes)

Major Season Suitability Habitat Importance? 1. Forest -> 1.6. Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland - Suitable -

14. Artificial/Terrestrial -> 14.4. Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens - Suitable -

14. Artificial/Terrestrial -> 14.6. Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical - Suitable - Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Conservation Actions in Place (http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes)

Conservation Actions in Place In-Place Land/Water Protection and Management

Conservation sites identified: Yes, over entire range

Additional Data Fields

Distribution Extreme fluctuations in the number of locations: No

Population Population severely fragmented: No

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