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Rhinolophus rufus
Eydoux and Gervais, 1836. In Laplace, Voy. autour du monde par les mers de l'Inde....la Favorite 5(Zoologie), part 2:9.
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ORDER—CHIROPTERA
FAMILY—Rhinolophidae
COMMON NAME—Large
rufous horseshoe bat.
DISTRIBUTION—Philippines
only, where it is recorded from Bohol (USNM), Catanduanes (USNM), Leyte
(DMNH), Luzon [Laguna (AMNH), Pampanga (USNM), and Rizal (USNM) provinces],
Marinduque (FMNH), Mindanao [Davao del Sur (FMNH), and Maguindanao (FMNH)
provinces], Mindoro (MCZ), and Polillo (FMNH).
HABITAT—Recorded
in primary and good secondary forest, either in or near caves (Heaney
et al., 1991; Lawrence,
1939; Sanborn, 1952).
STATUS—Uncertain;
generally uncommon and probably dependent on lowland caves, most of which
have been heavily disturbed.
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