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Cheiromeles torquatus

Horsfield, 1824. Zool. Res. Java, part 8.


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ORDER—CHIROPTERA
FAMILY—Molossidae

COMMON NAME—Greater naked bat.

DISTRIBUTION—
Sumatra to Java; within the Philippines, restricted to Palawan (FMNH).

HABITAT—
Unknown in the Philippines. On Borneo, reported to roost in large caves and hollow trees and to feed both in open areas over streams and clearings and above forest canopy (Payne et al., 1985).

STATUS—
Unknown.


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