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Haplonycteris sp. A
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ORDER—CHIROPTERA
FAMILY—Pteropodidae
COMMON NAME—Sibuyan
pygmy fruit bat.
DISTRIBUTION—Philippines
only; endemic to Sibuyan Island (FMNH; Goodman & Ingle, 1993).
HABITAT—Found in primary forest from near sea level to 1325 m on
Sibuyan Island, not known from outside of primary forest (Goodman &
Ingle, 1993).
STATUS—Geographically
restricted and subject to pressure from deforestation (Goodman & Ingle,
1993).
COMMENT—Genetically
distinct from H. fischeri (Peterson & Heaney, 1993); currently
being described by Goodman and Heaney.
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