DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF CYNOPTERUS (CHIROPTERA PTEROPODIDAE) FROM NUSA TENGGARA, INDONESIA.

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Abstract: The taxonomy of small (forearm length <:75 mm) members of the 'Cynopterus Section' of Andersen (1912) is examined. Cynopterus nusatenggara sp. novo is described from Lombok, Sumbawa, Moyo and Komodo Is. C. minutus Miller, 1906 is a species from Nias I., Sumatra, Java, Borneo and Sulawesi. C. luzoniensis (Peters, 1861) is from Sulawesi, Philippines and adjacent small islands; C. brachyotis (M tiller, 1838) is redefined; its distribution includes Sri Lanka, Peninsula Malaysia, Penang I., Singapore I.. Sumatra, Borneo, Pulau Laut (I.), Bunyu I., Java, Pulau Dua (I.), Madura I., and Bali I. C. sphinx is widely distributed from Sri Lanka, India, through Burma, Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Sulawesi and many small islands.

Within these species are recognisable geographic forms requiring further clarification.