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| Subspecies: | Unknown |
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| CITES Status: | NOT LISTED |
| IUCN Status: | Least Concern |
| U.S. ESA Status: | NOT LISTED |
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| Jumping Ability: | (Horizontal) |
| Life Span: | in the Wild |
| Life Span: | in Captivity |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Females) |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Males) |
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Habitat:
This species has been recorded from primary and secondary tropical moist forest and also from open forest habitats. It roosts in caves (especially large caves), abandoned mines and in hollow trees. Many hundreds of individuals may be encountered at a single roost. The females give birth to a single young (Flannery 1995, Bonaccorso 1998).
Range:
This widespread species ranges from Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore (where it is possibly extinct), through the island of Sumatra and the Mentawai Islands (Indonesia), to the island of Borneo (Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia), the Philippines (Mindanao and Palawan, Heaney et al. 1998), Sulawesi (Indonesia), several Moluccan Islands (Indonesia), the Kai Islands (Indonesia), the Aru Islands (Indonesia), Yapen Island (Papua Province, Indonesia), in scattered localities on the island of New Guinea (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea), the Bismarck Archipelago (Papua New Guinea), through the Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea), on Bougainville Island (Papua New Guinea), the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu (Jenkins and Hill 1981) to the Cape York Peninsula in north-eastern Queensland, Australia. Found at low elevation habitats between sea level to 1,400 m asl (Bonaccorso 1998).
Conservation:
Key conservation actions for this species are the protection of known roosting sites in caves, and the identification and protection of additional important roosting sites. Broadscale protection of forests will also help maintain population size in this species. Research into the species taxonomy, distribution, population size and trends are needed.