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Tylonycteris pachypus
(Temminck, 1840). Monogr. Mamm., 2:217.
©2002 Specimen
from Selangor, Malaysia.
ORDER—CHIROPTERA
FAMILY—Vespertilionidae
COMMON NAME—Lesser
flat-headed bat, Lesser bamboo bat.
DISTRIBUTION—India to Philippines and
Lesser Sunda Islands; probably throughout the Philippines. Recorded from
Calauit (UMMZ), Culion (FMNH), Luzon [Rizal Province (USNM)], Palawan
(USNM).
HABITAT—Bamboo stands in lowland agricultural
areas.
STATUS—Widespread,
probably moderately common.
COMMENT ADDED IN 2005––Additional specimens captured in a bamboo thicket on Palawan were reported by Esselstyn et al. (2004).
©2002
(photograph by M. R. Duya)
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