The incisors are forward-sloping and small, and the canines are short and sharp. The gap between the lower incisors is larger relative to the upper gap. The incisor tooth row is elliptical with a large gap between both the upper and lower incisors through which the tongue protrudes. All teeth are well spaced linearly along the jaw. Greater long-tongued fruit bats have reduced dentition: cheek teeth are narrow and low-crowned. ( Bates and Harrison, 1997 Lekagul and McNeely, 1988) The highly protrusible tongue has a feathery tip made of filiform papillae and is used in feeding on pollen. The mandible has low processes and is long and slender with a groove for the tongue at the front. The skull has a low occipital crest, a palate ending beyond the last molar, and weakly developed postorbital processes. Greater long-tongued fruit bats have slender, delicate skulls with long rostra. A separate study in Thailand found the species in evergreen forests below 1918 m, where pollen is available year round. sobrinus is found in montane and lowland forests.

minimus is restricted to coastal mangrove swamps while M.

When range overlaps occur between Macroglossus sobrinus and Macroglossus minimus, it appears that M. In Malaysia, greater long-tongued fruit bats occupy a variety of habitats, including mangrove swamps, montane forests, and lowland forests. ( Bates and Harrison, 1997 Wilson and Reeder, 1993) Populations can be found in India, Myanmar, Thailand, Sumatra and Java, as well as the islands of Sipora, Sibnerut, Mentawei, Nias, and Krakatoa. Macroglossus sobrinus is found in the southerneastern Palearctic and throughout the Oriental region along with its sister taxon Macroglossus minimus.

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