Megaerops wetmorei Taylor, 1934

Megaerops wetmorei Taylor, 1934: 191; near Tatayan, Cotobato, Mindanao Island, PHILIP- PINES (E. H. Taylor, collector; Described based on specimen No. 770 in E.H. Taylor’s collection with unknown current location) [83].

Common English name: White-collared Fruit Bat

Barcode Index Number: BOLD:AAX3327 (1 DNA barcode from Peninsular Malaysia;

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IUCN status: Vulnerable

Remarks: The species was first recorded in Peninsular Malaysia as a new subspecies, M. w. albicollis in Pasoh Forest Reserve [84] with distinctive white tufts on the shoulders and neck [11, 84]. The type of M. wetmorei [83] lacked the white neck tufts (which was followed in the description by Corbet and Hill [9]) and has a short tail of 1.5 mm [83]. Specimens of M. w. albicollis from Pasoh Forest Reserve have a short tail of ~ 4 mm [84] whereas specimens from Krau Wildlife Reserve [11] are tailless. Further analysis, and more DNA barcordes, would be required to determine whether M. w. albicollis deserves to be recognised as a species distinct from M. w. wetmorei .

Recorded at: Pahang: Krau Wildlife Reserve [11]; Negeri Sembilan: Pasoh Forest Reserve [45, 84]. M. wetmorei has only been recorded in mature forests [11, 14].