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Ptenochirus minor
Yoshiyuki, 1979. Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo, ser. A (Zool.), 5:75.

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ORDER—CHIROPTERA
FAMILY—Pteropodidae

COMMON NAME—Lesser musky fruit bat.

DISTRIBUTION—Endemic to the Mindanao faunal region: Specimens are from Biliran (USNM), Dinagat (USNM), Leyte (FMNH), and Mindanao (Agusan del Norte [DMNH], Bukidnon [FMNH], Cotabato [AMNH], and Davao del Sur [Yoshiyuki, 1979] provinces). A record from Palawan (Yoshiyuki, 1979) is probably erroneous.

HABITAT—Recorded from sea level to 1600 m. Common in primary lowland and montane forest and sometimes present in mossy forest. Uncommon in secondary forest (Heaney et al., 1989; Rickart et al., 1993).

STATUS—Populations have declined due to destruction of lowland forest habitat, but they are still common and widespread; stable.


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