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Rhinolophus acuminatus
Peters, 1871. Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, p.
308.
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ORDER—CHIROPTERA
FAMILY—Rhinolophidae
COMMON NAME—Acuminate
horseshoe bat.
DISTRIBUTION—Thailand
to Lombok; in Philippines, known only from Palawan Faunal Region. Recorded
from Balabac (USNM), Busuanga (USNM) and Palawan (FMNH).
HABITAT—Unknown
in the Philippines. Occurs in lowland dipterocarp forest on Borneo (Payne
et al., 1985).
STATUS—Uncertain,
apparently locally common.
COMMENT ADDED IN 2005––Locally common in caves on Palawan (Esselstyn et al., 2004). Includes R. anderseni aeguilis (Allen, 1922); the status of the nominate form or R. anderseni is uncertain (Esselstyn et al., 2004).
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