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Philetor brachypterus
(Temminck, 1840). Monogr. Mamm., 2:215.
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ORDER—CHIROPTERA
FAMILY—Vespertilionidae
COMMON NAME—Short-winged
pipistrelle.
DISTRIBUTION—Nepal to New Guinea; throughout
most of the Philippines. Recorded from Catanduanes (FMNH), Leyte (USNM),
Luzon [Camarines Sur (USNM), and Laguna (CUVC)], Mindanao [Bukidnon (FMNH),
Misamis Oriental (FMNH), and Zamboanga del Sur (DMNH) provinces] and Negros
(UMMZ) (Kock, 1981).
HABITAT—In
primary and disturbed lowland forest from 475 m to 900 m (Rickart et al.,
1993; Heaney et al., in press, unpubl. data).
STATUS—Uncertain;
probably moderately common in primary forest.
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