Haplonycteris fischeri

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• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 766 meters (0 to 2,513 feet).[1]

Ecology: The Philippine pygmy fruit bat inhabits lowland and montane , primary and secondary habitats , including mossy forest , and mixed agricultural habitats and second-growth forest. It exhibits an eight month delay in embryo development which gives a gestation period of 11.5 months, the longest known in bats (Heideman 1989). Females can become pregnant at the age of three to five months (Heideman 1989). The species is an important seed distributer.[2].

List of Habitats:

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.6     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland   
  
•     1.9     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.4     Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens   
  
•     14.6     Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest   
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Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 08-Jun-2004

Allozyme variation was studied by Peterson and Heaney (1993) and Heaney et al. (2005). Substantial geographic mtDNA variation is evident in this species (Trina Roberts 2005 PhD thesis). In this account we include Sibuyan population within this species, although it was listed separately by Heaney et al. (1998).[2].

Similar Species

Members of the genus Haplonycteris

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H. fischeri (Philippine Pygmy Fruit Bat)

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Further Reading

• 1994 IUCN red list of threatened animals Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, 1993 url p. 8.
• A key to the bats of the Philippine Islands / Nina R. Ingle, Lawrence R. Heaney. 69 1992 [Chicago, Ill.]: Field Museum of Natural History, c1992. url fig. 10 , fig. 9 , p. 12, p. 13, fig. 23-25, page 30, p. iii.
• A review of the genera Crunomys and Archboldomys (Rodentia: Muridae: Murinae): with descriptions of two new species from the Philippines / Eric A. Rickart. .. [et al.]. 89 1998 [Chicago, Ill.]: Field Museum of Natural History, c1998. url fig. 8 , p. 15.
• A synopsis of the mammalian fauna of the Philippine Islands / Lawrence R. Heaney. .. [et al.]. 88 1998 [Chicago, Ill.]: Field Museum of Natural History, c1998. url p. 16, p. 57.
• Mammalian diversity on Mount Isarog: a threatened center of endemism on southern Luzon Island, Philippines / Lawrence R. Heaney. .. [et al.]. 95 1999 [Chicago, Ill.]: Field Museum of Natural History, c1999. url table 5 , p. 20, p. 24, p. 57, p. 60.
• Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 11, p. 280, p. 296, p. 403, p. 412, p. 520, p. 522, p. 526.
• Systematic review of Philippine macaques (Primates, Cercopithecidae: Macaca fascicularis subspp.) / Jack Fooden. 64 1991 Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, c1991. url table 8-9 , p. 19, p. 30.
• The Mammals and birds of Camiguin Island, Philippines, a distinctive center of biodiversity / Lawrence R. Heaney, editor. 106 2006 Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, 2006. url p. 36, p. 43, p. 45, p. 47.
• The distribution and ecology of mammals on Leyte, Biliran and Maripipi Islands, Philippines / Eric A. Rickart. .. [et al.]. 72 1993 [Chicago, Ill.]: Field Museum of Natural History, c1993. url fig. 5 , fig. 11 , table 6 , p. 14, p. 26, p. 55, p. 61, p. 8.
• The mammals of Mt. Kitanglad Nature Park, Mindanao, Philippines / Lawrence R. Heaney. .. [et al.] 112 2006 Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, 2006. url figs. 12-13 , p. 21, p. 25, p. 28, p. 53, p. 58, p. 61.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Ong, P., Rosell-Ambal, G. & Tabaranza, B. & Heaney, L., Duya, P., Gonzalez, J.C., Balete, D. & Ramayla, S. 2008. Haplonycteris fischeri. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 17, 2007:

• Field Museum, Mammal specimens
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Vertebrate specimens
• Royal Ontario Museum, Mammal specimens
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
• , Mammal specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 104461
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-631579
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13810807
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 631579
• IUCN ID: 213110
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 5747

Footnotes

1. Mean = 134.490 meters (441.240 feet), Standard Deviation = 501.600 based on 92 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
2. Ong, P., Rosell-Ambal, G. & Tabaranza, B. & Heaney, L., Duya, P., Gonzalez, J.C., Balete, D. & Ramayla, S. 2008. Haplonycteris fischeri. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]

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