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Myotis rufopictus
(Waterhouse, 1845). Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1845:3, 8.
ORDER—CHIROPTERA
FAMILY—Vespertilionidae
COMMON NAME—Orange-fingered
myotis.
DISTRIBUTION—Philippines only; recorded
on Luzon (Bulacan [USNM], Camarines Sur [USNM], Isabela [UMMZ], Nueva
Viscaya [UPLB], and Rizal [FMNH] provinces), Negros (UMMZ), Palawan (UMMZ),
Sibuyan (FMNH).
HABITAT—
Recorded in primary
lowland and montane forest from 50 m to 1125 m, and in an agricultural
area near sea level (Mudar and Allen, 1986; Heaney et al., in press, unpubl.
data).
STATUS—Unknown,
probably uncommon.
COMMENT—Considered
to be a subspecies of M. formosus by Corbet and Hill (1992) and
Koopman (1993), but we disagree on the basis of cranial and external morphology.
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