A Taxonomic Study of Pteropodid Bats (Megachiroptera) Collected from Southeast Asia Based on the Humeral Characters and Their Adaptation for Flight

Abstract

概要 Based on the humeral morphology of six frugivorous species of five genera (Pteropodinae) and three nectar-feeding species of two genera (Macroglossinae) belonging to the Pteropodidae, keys to the gene... ra (tribes) and species were presented. Further, the adaptation for flight within each taxon was discussed, taking the humeral morphology, the value of DW/PW and the wing-type ratio into consideration. As the result, it was revealed that the Pteropodinae and the Macroglossinae may have been adapted to high-speed and low …