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<emphasis id="B970EAFEFFF0F61E8AEF3858FAE9F3ED" box="[1009,1356,3140,3190]" italics="true" pageId="52" pageNumber="110">Dobsonia chapmani</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B970EAFEFFF0F61E89B43894FF50F306" bold="true" box="[170,245,3208,3229]" pageId="52" pageNumber="110">French:</emphasis>
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/
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/
<emphasis id="B970EAFEFFF0F61E8AAE3894FBAFF306" bold="true" box="[944,1034,3208,3229]" pageId="52" pageNumber="110">Spanish:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B970EAFEFFF0F61E89B738ACFE05F35E" bold="true" box="[169,416,3248,3269]" pageId="52" pageNumber="110">Other common names:</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="B970EAFEFFF0F61E89B738EEFEE4F288" bold="true" box="[169,321,3314,3347]" pageId="52" pageNumber="110">Taxonomy.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C044D6FFFF0F61E885438EEFD42F288" ID-CoL="372KF" authority="Rabor, 1952" authorityName="Rabor" authorityYear="1952" box="[330,743,3314,3347]" class="Mammalia" family="Pteropodidae" genus="Dobsonia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Chiroptera" pageId="52" pageNumber="110" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chapmani">Dobsonia chapmani Rabor, 1952</taxonomicName>
,
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Pagyabonan, Bais, Negros Island,
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.
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<emphasis id="B970EAFEFFF0F61E89B7395DFEFCF2F9" bold="true" box="[169,345,3393,3426]" pageId="52" pageNumber="110">Distribution.</emphasis>
Endemic to the
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, where it is known only from
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and Negros Is.
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<emphasis id="B970EAFEFFF0F61E81173506F6A7FEA8" bold="true" box="[2057,2306,282,307]" pageId="52" pageNumber="110">Descriptive notes.</emphasis>
Tail
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, ear
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, hindfoot
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, forearm
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; weight
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. On specimens from Negros, dorsal fur is rich brown to umber on head, mantle, and face. Fur along forearm is golden tawny olive. Ventrally, throat is raw umber, center of breast is olive-brown (this distinct breast color is not present in some specimens), and sides of breast and belly are drab. Specimens from
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have been described only as “generally colored olive-green.” Wings join along spinal region with underlying fur. Flight membranes are black. Index claw (second digit of wing) is absent. Short tail is free of narrow uropatagium that runs along legs to short stiff calcars. Large eyes reflect reddish eyeshine. Premaxillae and canines are proclivous.
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<emphasis id="B970EAFEFFF0F61E8CBA377DF9B7FC19" bold="true" box="[1444,1554,865,898]" pageId="52" pageNumber="110">Habitat.</emphasis>
Historically tropical, moist, dipterocarp forests from sea level up to elevations of
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. Currently, Philippine Naked-backed Fruit Bats occur in only a few remnant patches of secondary forest on karst limestone where natural but highly disturbed vegetation is principally composed of
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,
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,
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septica (
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), and
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growing on steep slopes not used by agriculture. They will forage in highly disturbed agricultural areas.
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<emphasis id="B970EAFEFFF0F61E8CBA3069F915FB0D" bold="true" box="[1444,1712,1141,1174]" pageId="52" pageNumber="110">Food and Feeding.</emphasis>
The Philippine Naked-backed Fruit Bat is frugivorous. It forages on canopy fruits, almost certain to include native figs. Mist-net captures found it flying up to
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aboveground.
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<emphasis id="B970EAFEFFF0F61E8CBB30F0F98EFA96" bold="true" box="[1445,1579,1260,1293]" pageId="52" pageNumber="110">Breeding.</emphasis>
A female Philippine Naked-backed Fruit Bat was observed at night landing on a coconut frond while carrying her small young in December. Longevity is 5-7 years In captivity.
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<subSubSection id="C31E6567FFF0F61E8CBD317EF9BCF9B9" pageId="52" pageNumber="110" type="activity">
<paragraph id="8BBB36ECFFF0F61E8CBD317EF9BCF9B9" blockId="52.[1443,2651,707,2992]" pageId="52" pageNumber="110">
<emphasis id="B970EAFEFFF0F61E8CBD317EF928FA18" bold="true" box="[1443,1677,1378,1411]" pageId="52" pageNumber="110">Activity patterns.</emphasis>
The Philippine Naked-backed Fruit Bat is nocturnal. It roosts in small caves or cracks in limestone and forages in karst habitats. Although principally a cavedweller, three specimens were observed roosting in coconut fronds, and thus it is not restricted to forests and is able, to some extent, to use degraded and highly disturbed habitats.
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<subSubSection id="C31E6567FFF0F61E8CBB3234F640F97D" pageId="52" pageNumber="110" type="biology_ecology">
<paragraph id="8BBB36ECFFF0F61E8CBB3234F640F97D" blockId="52.[1443,2651,707,2992]" pageId="52" pageNumber="110">
<emphasis id="B970EAFEFFF0F61E8CBB3234F7FBF9D2" bold="true" box="[1445,2142,1576,1609]" pageId="52" pageNumber="110">Movements, Home range and Social organization.</emphasis>
The Philippine Naked-backed Fruit Bat is gregarious and roosts hanging from cave ceilings or walls clumped together in groups of up to 30 individuals; maximum colony size in a cave was estimated at 300 individuals in the late 1940s. Philippine Naked-backed Fruit Bats have also been observed in groups of 2-3 individuals, roosting among fronds of coconut palms.
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<subSubSection id="C31E6567FFF0F61E8CBB32F1F900F4A3" pageId="52" pageNumber="110" type="conservation">
<paragraph id="8BBB36ECFFF0F61E8CBB32F1F900F4A3" blockId="52.[1443,2651,707,2992]" pageId="52" pageNumber="110">
<emphasis id="B970EAFEFFF0F61E8CBB32F1F8A8F895" bold="true" box="[1445,1805,1773,1806]" pageId="52" pageNumber="110">Status and Conservation.</emphasis>
Classified as Critically Endangered on The IUCN Red Last. Population of the Philippine Naked-backed Fruit Bat has declined at least 80% in the past 20 years as inferred from levels of hunting and habitat loss, degradation, and fragmentation—all of which are ongoing and placing continued pressure on population decline. The Philippine Naked-backed Fruit Bat was not recorded between 1964 and 2001, despite intensive surveys, and was considered as Extinct until small extant populations were rediscovered on
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and Negros. It has been hunted for local food although public awareness programs are now focused on educating local communities about its conservation value. Several municipal governments contribute to conservation efforts protecting roost caves and surrounding forest as sanctuaries. Municipally appointed conservation officers patrol and report violations of hunting, tree felling, and cave disturbance ordinances. In conjunction with non-government organizations, municipalities have started reforestation programs to increase forest habitat. Lowland forests and karst habitat in the known distribution of the Philippine Naked-backed Fruit Bat have been heavily degraded by logging, agriculture, and mining for copper and gold. Less than 4% of Negros Island remains forested, generally with only small patches of degraded forest remaining. On
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, largest remaining fragment of forest in the distribution is ¢.60 ha and is threatened by tree cutting for charcoal and agricultural development. Harvest for local consumption has caused past population declines and continues. More than 50% of respondents to an ethnobiological/hunting survey conducted in Sipalay City admitted they hunted and sold Philippine Naked-backed Fruit Bats in street markets. Since 1995, it has rarely been captured in caves where it was previously hunted. These hunters also indicated that only few individuals have been taken since 2003, suggesting a severe population decline. Guano miners historically have disturbed roosts. It has been bred successfully in captivity for the pet industry, and efforts should be made to develop a well-designed captive breeding program. Additional surveys might locate additional populations on
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and Negros.
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<paragraph id="8BBB36ECFFF0F61E8CB83F54F89CF42B" blockId="52.[1443,2651,707,2992]" pageId="52" pageNumber="110">
<emphasis id="B970EAFEFFF0F61E8CB83F54F99AF4FA" bold="true" box="[1446,1599,2888,2913]" pageId="52" pageNumber="110">Bibliography.</emphasis>
Alcala et al. (2004), Evans et al. (1993), FFI (2001), Heaney &amp; Heideman (1987), Heaney, Balete et al. (1998), Heaney, Ong et al. (2008), Mallari et al. (2001), Mickleburgh et al. (1992), Paguntalan et al. (2004), Rabor (1952, 1986), Utzurrum (1992).
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