Eonycteris spelaea (Dobson 1871) [Macroglossus] spelaeus Dobson 1871, Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal: 105. Type Locality: Burma, Tenasserim, Moulmein, Farm Caves. Vernacular Names: Lesser Dawn Bat. Subspecies:: Subspecies Eonycteris spelaea subsp. spelaea Dobson 1871 Subspecies Eonycteris spelaea subsp. glandifera Lawrence 1939 Subspecies Eonycteris spelaea subsp. rosenbergii Jentink 1889 Subspecies Eonycteris spelaea subsp. winnyae Maharadatunkamsi and Kitchener 1997 Distribution: India, Burma, Nepal, S China, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, W Malaysia, Borneo; Sula Isls, N Moluccas, Sumatra, Java, Sumba, Timor and Sulawesi (Indonesia); Philippines; Andaman Isls (India). Conservation: IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Not Threatened. IUCN 2003 – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Includes rosenbergii; see Bergmans and Rozendaal (1988). Reviewed in part by Hill (1983), Flannery (1995 b), Bates and Harrison (1997), Maharadatunkamsi and Kitchener (1997), and Maharadatunkamsi et al. (2003).

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae, pp. 313-350 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 321, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519