Philippine Large-headed Fruit Bat
Dyacopterus rickarti Helgen, Kock, Gomez & Ingle, 2007
Also calledCynoptere de Rickart (fra) · Dajakolot filipiński (pol) · Philippinen-Dayak-Flughund (deu)
First described in: Helgen, Kristofer M., Dieter Kock, Rai Kristie Salve C. Gomez, Nina R. Ingle and Martua H. Sinaga. (2007). Taxonomy and natural history of the southeast Asian fruit-bat genus Dyacopterus. Journal of Mammalogy, Vol. 88, No. 2.
Rickart's dyak fruit bat (Dyacopterus rickarti) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae found on Luzon and Mindanao islands, in the Philippines.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
activity
Activity patterns. The few captures of Philippine Large-Headed Bats suggest that it uses open areas as flyways.
Pteropodidae
biology_ecology
Habitat. Primary and regenerating montane and mossy rainforest at elevations of 260 - 1680 m. The Philippine Large-headed Batis suspected to use subcanopy and canopy strata.
Pteropodidae
biology_ecology
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Pteropodidae
breeding
Breeding. A pregnant Philippine Large-headed Bat with one young was captured in May.
Pteropodidae
In the stacks
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 7996072.