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Myotis horsfieldii
(Temminck, 1840). Monogr. Mamm., 2:226.
©2002
ORDER—CHIROPTERA
FAMILY—Vespertilionidae
COMMON NAME—Common
Asiatic myotis.
DISTRIBUTION—SE China to Malay Peninsula,
Bali, and Sulawesi. Philippine records are from Bohol (USNM), Catanduanes
(FMNH), Luzon [Cagayan (FMNH), Laguna (CUCV), Pampanga (USNM), Quezon
(UMMZ), and Rizal (USNM) provinces], Mindanao [Lanao del Norte Province
(DMNH)], Negros (UMMZ), and Palawan (UMMZ).
HABITAT—In
Philippines, recorded in lowland forest and in agricultural areas from
sea level to 800 m; sometimes roosts in caves and in tunnels and reported
roosting beneath a large rock over a stream (Taylor, 1934).
STATUS—Widespread
and moderately common; may depend on caves.
COMMENT—Includes
M. jeannei (Hill, 1983).
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