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Eonycteris robusta
Miller, 1913. Proc.
Biol. Soc. Washington, 26:73.
©2002
ORDER—CHIROPTERA
FAMILY—Pteropodidae
DISTRIBUTION—Endemic to the Philippines; widespread but absent from Palawan Faunal Region and Batanes/Babuyan group of islands. Recorded from Biliran (UMMZ), Catanduanes (USNM), Leyte (DMNH), Lubang (MCZ), Luzon (Abra [MCZ], Cavite [UMMZ], Mountain [MCZ], Rizal [USNM] provinces), Marinduque (PNM), Maripipi (UMMZ), Mindanao (Bukidnon [FMNH], Lanao del Norte [UPLB], Maguindanao [FMNH], Misamis Oriental [DMNH], and Zamboanga del Sur [DMNH] provinces), Negros (USNM), and Siargao (DMNH).
HABITAT—Until the 1960s, commonly taken in caves adjacent to forest and commonly netted in and adjacent to primary forest from sea level to 1100 m, often in areas with mixed forest and clearings, but never in primarily agricultural areas.
STATUS—Captured rarely in the 1980s and 1990s and may now be quite rare (Heaney et al., 1991; Mickleburgh et al., 1992; Utzurrum, 1992).
COMMENT—Usually included as a subspecies of E. major (Corbet & Hill, 1992; Koopman, 1993), but we believe that it is distinct (Heaney, unpubl. data).
©2002 (photograph by P. Heideman)
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