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Emballonura
alecto
(Eydoux and Gervais, 1836). Mag. Zool., Paris, 6:7.
©2002
ORDER—CHIROPTERA
FAMILY—Emballonuridae
COMMON NAME—Philippine
sheath-tailed bat
DISTRIBUTION—Borneo,
Philippines, Sulawesi; probably throughout the Philippines except Batanes/Babuyan
region. Specimens from Balabac (USNM), Biliran (USNM), Bohol (USNM), Camiguin
(ROM), Catanduanes (USNM), Dinagat (DMNH), Guimaras (FMNH), Leyte (USNM),
Luzon (Camarines Sur (FMNH), Laguna (CUVC), Quezon (UPLB) provs.], Maripipi
(USNM), Mindanao [Davao del Norte (FMNH), Davao del Sur (FMNH), Zamboanga
del Norte (FMNH), and Zamboanga del Sur (AMNH) provs.], Negros (FMNH),
Panay (USNM).
HABITAT—Recorded
only in lowland areas (450 m and below) in disturbed forest and agricultural
areas with scattered remnant forest. Most records are from individuals
captured in caves, under large boulders, or in man-made tunnels (Heaney
et al., 1991, in press;
Ingle, 1992;
Rabor,
1986; Rickart et al., 1993; Taylor,
1934).
STATUS—Common
in areas with caves in or near forest; apparently rare elsewhere.
©2002
(photograph by P. Heideman)
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