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The giant golden-crowned flying fox (Acerodon jubatus), also known as the golden-capped fruit bat, is a species of megabat endemic to the Philippines.Since its description in 1831, three subspecies of the giant golden-crowned flying fox have been recognized, one of which is extinct.
Palawan fruit bat; Peters's myotis; Peters's pipistrelle; Peters's trumpet-eared bat; Philippine dawn bat; Philippine forest horseshoe bat; Philippine forest roundleaf bat; Philippine gray flying fox; Philippine long-fingered bat; Philippine naked-backed fruit bat; Philippine pygmy roundleaf bat; Philippine tube-nosed fruit bat
Dayak fruit bat: Dyacopterus spadiceus Thomas, 1890: Caves and forest NT: Greater nectar bat: Eonycteris major K. Andersen, 1910: Caves and forest NT Unknown: Philippine dawn bat: Eonycteris robusta Miller, 1913: Caves and forest VU: Cave nectar bat: Eonycteris spelaea Dobson, 1871: Caves and forest LC: Fischer's pygmy fruit bat: Haplonycteris ...
In 1996 the species was declared extinct by the IUCN, as none had been sighted since 1964, but the bat was rediscovered in 2000. 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 ...
The Philippine tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimene rabori) locally known in Tagalog as Bayakan [citation needed] is a species of bat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to the Philippines and known from the islands of Cebu, Negros and Sibuyan. It occurs in and near primary and secondary subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is often found ...
The Luzon fruit bat (Otopteropus cartilagonodus) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is the only species within the genus Otopteropus [ 2 ] and is endemic to the Philippines . Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forest .
The white-winged flying fox (Desmalopex leucoptera), also known as the mottle-winged flying fox is a species of bat in the family Pteropodidae. They are endemic to the Philippines. Their natural habitats are subtropical and tropical dry forests. [1] In 2008, Giannini et al. revived the genus Desmalopex and placed D. leucoptera in it. [2]
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 ...