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Dyacopterus spadiceus

(Thomas, 1890). Ann. Mag. Hist., ser. 6, 5:235.


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ORDER—CHIROPTERA
FAMILY—Pteropodidae

COMMON NAME—Dayak fruit bat.

DISTRIBUTION—
Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula; in the Philippines, known from one specimen from Luzon (Abra prov., SMF) and one from Mindanao (Misamis Oriental prov., DMNH) (Kock, 1969a; Utzurrum, 1992).

HABITAT—
Unknown in the Philippines. On Borneo, believed to roost in hollow trees and caves (Payne et al., 1985).

STATUS—
Unknown.

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