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Rhinolophus philippinensis
Waterhouse, 1843. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., p. 68.
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ORDER—CHIROPTERA
FAMILY—Rhinolophidae
COMMON NAME—Enormous-eared
horseshoe bat.
DISTRIBUTION—Borneo
and the Philippines to Australia (Tate, 1943); Philippine records from
Luzon [Abra Province (SMF)], Mindanao [Zamboanga del Norte (FMNH) and
Zamboanga
del Sur (UPLB) provinces], Mindoro, Negros
(FMNH), and Siquijor (FMNH), .
HABITAT—Recorded
in primary and secondary forest from 200 m to 1500 m (
Lepiten, 1995; Ruedas et al., 1994;
Heaney, unpubl. data).
STATUS—Uncertain,
but apparently uncommon. Captured only in forest.
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(photograph by P. Heideman)
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