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Chaerephon
plicata
(Buchanan, 1800). Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., 5:261.
ORDER—CHIROPTERA
FAMILY—Molossidae
COMMON NAME—Wrinkle-lipped
bat.
DISTRIBUTION—India
to Bali and Hainan. Philippine records are from Cebu (UMMZ), Leyte (ROM),
Luzon [Cagayan (USNM), Isabela (FMNH), Pampanga (USNM), and Rizal (FMNH)
provinces], and Negros (ROM). Also reported from Mindanao [Cotabato] by
Taylor (1934).
HABITAT—Recorded
only in caves from sea level to about 200 m; probably requires forested
habitat.
STATUS—Probably
vulnerable and declining. Formerly among the most abundant bats in some
large caves (Lawrence, 1939; Taylor, 1934); some previously recorded colonies
in caves now destroyed (Rickart et al., 1993). Reported since 1980 only
from northern Luzon (Danielsen et al., 1994).
COMMENTS—Includes
C. luzonus (Hill, 1961).
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