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Pages in category "Bats of the Philippines" The following 67 pages are in this category, out of 67 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Cave nectar bat: Eonycteris spelaea Dobson, 1871: Caves and forest LC: Fischer's pygmy fruit bat: Haplonycteris fischeri Lawrence, 1939: Forest LC: Harpy fruit bat: Harpyionycteris whiteheadi Thomas, 1896: Forest LC: Long-tongued nectar bat: Macroglossus minimus É. Geoffroy, 1810: Forest LC: White-collared fruit bat: Megaerops wetmorei Taylor ...
Genera and species of flying fox as according to Mammal Species of the World, unless otherwise noted. [2] Acerodon celebensis Cynopterus brachyotis Epomophorus wahlbergi Epomophorus Hypsignathus monstrosus Nyctimene robinsoni Pteropus livingstonii Rousettus egypticus. Subfamily Cynopterinae [3] [4] [5] Genus Aethalops. Pygmy fruit bat ...
The Mindanao pygmy fruit bat (Alionycteris paucidentata) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is the only species within the genus Alionycteris. [2] It is endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests at high elevations [3] that are either scarce or overtaken by tourist hotspots. As a ...
The species now survives in very small numbers. The bat lives in caves and comes out at night to eat fruits from local rainforests. After the forests were cut down to make way for sugar plantations the bat population dropped drastically, and the few remaining ones are still hunted for their meat. Now the bats reside in the few areas of ...
In Japan there are estimated to be well over five thousand individuals but in Taiwan, there has been a large reduction in bat numbers. This species faces a number of threats. Some populations in the Philippines are hunted for consumption and this bat is considered a delicacy on Babuyan Claro. In Japan, habitat loss is the main threat but some ...
Indiana bat: Myotis sodalis: 387 300 [31] NT [31] [31] Though numbers are large compared to other bats classified as endangered, this species is listed as such due to a >50% decline over the past decade. [31] Straw-coloured fruit bat: Eidolon helvum: 1.14 billion [32] = NT [33] Pallas's long-tongued bat: Glossophaga soricina: 1.03 billion [34 ...
The Palawan fruit bat (Acerodon leucotis), also known as the Palawan flying fox, is a species of megabat found in forests of Palawan, Balabac and Busuanga in the Philippines. [3] It is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN and is declining due to hunting and habitat loss .