Palawan Fruit Bat
Acerodon leucotis
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Pteropodidae
The Palawan fruit bat (Acerodon leucotis), also known as the Palawan flying fox, is a species of megabat found in forests of Palawan, Balabac and Busuanga in the Philippines. It is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN and is declining due to hunting and habitat loss. Physical description The Palawan fruit bats have a head-and-body length of 22–25 cm (8.
Les forêts pluviales de Palawan (IM0143) forment un écorégion terrestre définie par le fonds mondial pour la nature (WWF). Elle appartient à l’écozone indomalaise (IM) et au biome des forêts décidues humides tropicales et subtropicales (01). Elle couvre l’intégralité de les îles Palawan.
Acerodon leucotis es una especie de murciélago de la familia Pteropodidae. Distribución geográfica Es endémica de las Filipinas. Hábitat Su hábitat natural son: zonas tropicales o subtropicales, de bosques áridos.
Distribution
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