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Pteropus pumilus
Miller,
1910. Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus. 38:394.
©2002
ORDER—CHIROPTERA
FAMILY—Pteropodidae
COMMON NAME—Little
golden-mantled flying fox.
DISTRIBUTION—Endemic
to the Philippines, excluding Batanes/Babuyan and Palawan faunal regions.
It is also on Miangas Island, Indonesia, adjacent to Mindanao. Records
from Balut (USNM), Camiguin (DMNH), Leyte (DMNH), Maripipi (USNM), Masbate
(SU), Mindanao (Zamboanga del Sur [USNM]), Mindoro (MCZ), Negros (FMNH),
Palmas (USNM), Panay (SU), Sibuyan (FMNH), Siquijor (SU), and Tablas (AMNH).
HABITAT—Associated with primary and well-developed secondary lowland
forest from sea-level to about 1100 m, rarely to 1250 m, uncommon outside
of forest. This species is most common on small islands and uncommon to
rare on larger islands (Heaney, 1984; Heaney et al., 1989; Heideman &
Heaney, 1989; Lepiten, 1995; Rickart et al., 1993; Utzurrum, 1992).
STATUS—Declining due to habitat destruction, but still fairly
wide-spread and stable. IUCN: Vulnerable. CITES: Appendix II.
COMMENT—Includes
P. balutus and P. tablasi (Klingener & Creighton, 1984).
©2002
(photograph by P. Heideman)
©2002
(photograph by P. Heideman)
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