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Megaerops
wetmorei
Taylor,
1934. Monogr. Bur. Sci. Manila, 30:191.
©2002
ORDER—CHIROPTERA
FAMILY—Pteropodidae
COMMON NAME—Mindanao
fruit bat.
DISTRIBUTION—Borneo
to peninsular Malaysia (Francis, 1989); in the Philippines recorded only
on Mindanao Island (Agusan del Norte [UPLB], Bukidnon [FMNH], Davao del
Sur [UPLB], Davao Oriental [UPLB], Lanao del Norte [UPLB], Lanao del Sur
[DMNH], Misamis Oriental [UPLB], South Cotabato [UPLB], and Zamboanga
del Sur [DMNH] provinces).
HABITAT—Known
only from primary and lightly disturbed lowland forest from 800 to 1200
m; probably absent from montane and mossy forest above 1500 m (Heaney
et al.,unpubl. data). Poorly known.
STATUS—Within
the Philippines, geographically restricted and confined to rapidly-disappearing
lowland forest on Mindanao.
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