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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) |
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Habitat:
This species is a forest dweller. In South India it roosts among leaves of cardamom plantations in forested tracts and in caves. It roosts in small colonies of two to five individuals (Molur et al. 2002). It hunts for small insects and is a low and agile flyer (Bates and Harrison 1997, Aul and Vijayakumar 2003). In China, it is found in agroforestry areas at intermediate elevations. They roost in foliage, small caves or rock shelters (Smith and Xie 2008). In the Philippines, this species is found in primary lowland forest, lightly disturbed lowland and lower montane forest (Heaney et al. 1991, Lepiten 1995, Rickart et al. 1991, Ruedas et al. 1994). It has also been recorded from secondary forest elsewhere (G. Csorba pers. comm.).
Range:
This widespread species ranges from southern and northern South Asia, into southern China, most of mainland Southeast Asia, and parts of insular Southeast Asia. In South Asia the species is presently known form India (Andhra Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nicobar Islands, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal), Nepal (Western Nepal) and Sri Lanka (Central Province) in South Asia (Aul and Vijaykumar 2003, Molur et al. 2002, Vanitharani et al. 2005). In South Asia, it has been recorded from 250 up to an elevation of 1,500 m asl (Molur et al. 2002). In China, it ranges in Jiangxi and Hainan, extending to Zhongnan peninsula (Smith and Xie 2008). It is present through nearly all of mainland Southeast Asia and the Philippines. In the Philippines, it has been recorded from Biliran, Camiguin, Catanduanes, Luzon (Camarines Sur province), Mindanao (Bukidnon Province), Sibuyan, and Siqujor (Heaney et al. 1998), Balbalasang, Kalinga Province (Heaney et al. 2004) and has an elevation range from 250 to 1,500 m asl (Heaney et al. 1998). It has also been recorded from Samar using a tunnel trap at 100 m asl (Gonzales unpublished data 2004), from Negros (Cariño unpublished data 2004), Polillo, and on Panay along a river at 1,140 m asl (Ramayla and Garcia pers. comm. 2006).
Conservation:
It is present in a number of protected areas throughout its range.