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Rhinolophus macrotis
Blyth, 1844. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 13:485.
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ORDER—CHIROPTERA
FAMILY—Rhinolophidae
COMMON NAME—Big-eared
horseshoe bat.
DISTRIBUTION—India
to Sumatra and the Philippines. Specimens from Guimaras (USNM), Luzon
[Abra (SMF) and Pampanga (USNM)], Mindanao [Bukidnon (SMF)], and Negros
(FMNH).
HABITAT—Recorded
in lowland forest from 200 m to 1050 m. Poorly known in Philippines. There
are some records from caves in forest.
STATUS—Widespread
but seemingly uncommon.
COMMENT—The
Philippine form of R. macrotis was initially described as a separate
species, R hirsutus (Anderson, 1905), but was later subsumed under
R. macrotis by Tate (1943). Philippine
populations are morphologically distinct from all others, and may deserve
recognition as a distinct species (Ingle and Heaney, 1992). More specimens
are needed to assess this issue.
COMMENT ADDED IN 2005––Reported from caves in disturbed lowland forest at 50-250 m on Palawan Island by Esselstyn et al. (2004). Sedlock (2001) described the echolocation call.
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