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Nyctimene rabori
Heaney
and Peterson, 1984. Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, 708:3.
©2002
ORDER—CHIROPTERA
FAMILY—Pteropodidae
COMMON NAME—Philippine
tube-nosed fruit bat.
DISTRIBUTION—Endemic
to the Philippines; recorded only from Cebu (Vinciguerra & Muller,
1993), Negros (FMNH) and Sibuyan (FMNH).
HABITAT—Restricted to lowland forest, usually in primary forest but
known to occur in secondary forest on Cebu (Vinciguerra & Muller,
1993) and Sibuyan (Goodman & Ingle, 1993). Known from 200 to 1300
m on Negros, but probably now absent below 600 m because of the absence
of forest; rare or uncommon at all known sites (Peterson and Heaney, 1984;
Heaney et al., 1989; Heideman & Heaney, 1989; Mickleburgh et al.,
1992;Utzurrum, 1992). On Sibuyan, known only from lightly-disturbed mature
forest near sea level (Goodman & Ingle, 1993).
STATUS—Populations
have declined severely since 1950 as a result of habitat destruction,
and they face extinction on Negros Island, and perhaps elsewhere, within
10 years if current trends continue (Mickleburgh
et al., 1992; Utzurrum, 1992). IUCN:
Critically endangered. SSC/CSG: Priority Grade 1 (Endangered).
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(photograph by P. Heideman)
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