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Acerodon leucotis
(Sanborn, 1950). Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 63:189.
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ORDER—CHIROPTERA
FAMILY—Pteropodidae
COMMON NAME—Palawan
flying fox.
DISTRIBUTION—Philippines
only; endemic to the Palawan Faunal Region. Recorded from Balabac (USNM),
Busuanga (FMNH), and Palawan (FMNH) Islands.
HABITAT—Uncertain,
but probably moderately common in primary and secondary forest (Hoogstraal,
1951).
STATUS—No
current information.
COMMENTS—Formerly
placed in the genus Pteropus (Musser et al., 1982). IUCN:
Vulnerale. CITES: Appendix II.
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