Short description and information about the bats found in the Philippines, specifically the Family of Vespertilionidae.

2. Common name:
Hardwicke's Woolly
bat
Scientific name:
Kerivoula
hardwickii
Family:
Vespertilionidae
Conservation Status:
Least Concern
A forearm length for this bat is typically 31-36 millimeters and
the ears are approximately 11-15 millimeters.
The fur on the dorsal, or backside, of the bat is typically a
smoky brown color while the ventral portion is a lighter greyish
brown color.

3. RANGE DESCRIPTION:
To the Philippines, it has been recorded from the islands of
Biliran, Leyte, Luzon (Camarines Sur Province), Mindanao (Bukidnon
Province), Palawan, and Samar (Taylor 1934; Heaney et al. 1998).
Over its range, it has been recorded between 60 and 2,100 m asl.
HABITAT:
On Palawan Island, there are records from a bamboo thicket
at 60 m and primary lowland forest at 650 m (Esselstyn et al. 2004).
MAJOR THREATS:
There appear to be no major threats to this somewhat
adaptable species.

4. Common name:
Clear-winged Woolly
bat
Scientific name:
Kerivoula pellucida
Family:
Vespertilionidae
Conservation Status:
Near Threatened
has relatively translucent wings that are approximately 30-32
millimeters long.
wings are a unique feature for this bat that allow for easy
identification.
body length is 44-48 millimeters with a 41-47 millimeter long
posterior tail.

5. RANGE DESCRIPTION:
In the Philippines, there are records from Jolo (Taylor 1934),
Mindanao (Davao del Norte Province) and Palawan (Heaney et al.
1998).
HABITAT:
There are records of two groups roosting in dead leaves on
small shrubs in lowland forest in the Philippines (Taylor 1934;
Heaney et al. 1998). On Palawan Island, there are records from
secondary lowland forest at 80 m asl (Esselstyn et al. 2004).
MAJOR THREAT:
This species is dependent on primary forest which is being
lost due to logging, plantations, conversion to agriculture and forest
fires.

6. Common name:
Whitehead's Woolly
bat
Scientific name:
Kerivoula
whiteheadi
Family:
Vespertilionidae
Conservation Status:
Least Concern
found in Brunei, Indonesia,Malaysia, the Philippines,
and Thailand.
forearms, 30-31 mm.

7. RANGE DESCRIPTION:
In the Philippines, records are from Luzon Mindanao (Davao
del Norte, Davao del Sur, Davao Oriental, and Zamboanga del Norte
Provinces), Palawan, and Panay (Heaney et al. 1998; Taylor 1934)
and Polillo (Alviola 1999).
HABITAT:
In the Philippines, the species has been found in disturbed
forest and agricultural areas (Sanborn 1952). On Palawan island, it
has been reported from cogon grassland at around 60 m asl
(Esselstyn et al. 2004) and in secondary forest beside a creek at
450 m asl on Mt. Makiling (Laguna, Luzon) (Heaney et al. 1998;
Sedlock 2001).
MAJOR THREAT:
There are no major threats to this species throughout its
range. In the Philippines, the species is locally threatened at higher
elevations in montane forest on ultramafic soils through activities
associated with mining (D. Balete pers. comm. 2006).

8. Common name:
Little long-fingered
bat
Scientific name:
Miniopterus
australis
Family:
Vespertilionidae
Conservation Status:
Least Concern
medium sized for a vesper bat
with large feet and more prominent nostrils than
other European Myotis species
hair is dark grey at the base, with light smoky grey
dorsal-side hair and light grey ventral-side hair.

9. RANGE DESCRIPTION:
It occurs throughout the Philippines except Babuyan/Batanes group
with specimens recorded from Bongao, Bohol, Capiz, Catanduanes, Guimaras,
Leyte, Luzon (Bulacan, Kalinga (Heaney et al. 2004), and Rizal provinces),
Mindanao (Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, Maguindanao, and Zamboanga del
Norte provinces), Negros, Panay, Polillo, and Siquijor (Heaney et al. 1998)
being found from sea level to about 925 m asl (Heaney et al. 1998;
Esselstyn et al. 2004; Heaney et al. 2004). The species has also been recorded
from Samar (J. C. Gonzales pers. comm. 2006), Cebu (Paguntalan pers. comm.
2006) and on Isarog at 1,450 m asl (Sedlock unpubl. data).
HABITAT:
In the Philippines, the species is often dependent on caves (Heaney et
al. 1998, Esselstyn et al. 2004) where it forages over the canopy in secondary
and primary lowland areas, including agricultural areas (Heaney et al. 1991;
Lepiten 1995; Rickart et al. 1993; Sanborn 1952; Taylor 1934). It has also been
documented in montane forest on Luzon (Heaney et al. 2004).
MAJOR THREAT:
There are no major threats to this species, although it is presumably
locally threatened by disturbance of maternity caves. In the Philippines,
limestone quarrying is destroying roosting habitat and it is also threatened by
disturbance caused by guano mining there, however, individuals reoccupy
caves once the disturbance ceases.

10. Common name:
Schreiber's Long-
fingered bat
Scientific name:
Miniopterus
schreibersi
Family:
Vespertilionidae
Conservation Status:
Near Threatened
forearms, 42-46 mm.
average size for a vesper bat.
slightly bigger than the Miniopterus australis.

11. RANGE DESCRIPTION:
Occurs from south-western Europe and north and west Africa
through Anatolia and the Middle East to the Caucasus. In Africa it is known
from records in North Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya), and west
Africa (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Nigeria, Cameroon). It is patchily
distributed over its range in some huge and vulnerable colonies.
HABITAT:
It forages in a variety of open and semi-open natural and artificial
habitats, including suburban areas. It feeds mainly on moths, and
occasionally on flies. It is a colonial species that roosts mostly in caves and
mines (although it can also be found in man made tunnels, ruins and other
buildings), often in large mixed colonies with other cave-dwelling bat
species.
MAJOR THREAT:
The disturbance and loss of underground habitats and pesticide
use may threaten this species. In the Caucasus, disturbance caused by
tourism in caves is a problem (K. Tsytsulina pers. comm. 2005).

12. Common name:
Great Long-
fingered bat
Scientific name:
Miniopterus tristis
Family:
Vespertilionidae
Conservation
Status:
Least Concern
medium sized for a vesper bat, with large feet and
more prominent nostrils than other European Myotis
species.
hair is dark grey at the base, with light smoky grey
dorsal-side hair and light grey ventral-side hair.

13. RANGE DESCRIPTION:
It is found throughout the Philippines with records from
Bohol, Cebu, Guimaras, Leyte, Lubang, Luzon, Palawan, Mindanao
(Maguindanao, and Zamboanga del Norte provinces), Mindoro,
Negros, Samar, and Tablas (Hollister 1912; Lawrence 1939; Peterson
1981; Taylor 1934; Heaney et al. 1998; Esselstyn et al. 2004) where
it occurs from sea level up to 430 m asl (Heaney et al. 1998;
Esselstyn et al. 2004). It has been recorded between sea level and
1,600 m over its entire range.
HABITAT:
On Palawan it has been recorded in old growth forest
(Esselstyn et al. 2004). It is an aerial insectivore that catches
insects above the forest canopy, in open areas, in disturbed forest
and in some agricultural areas.
MAJOR THREAT:
There are no major threats to this species throughout its
range, however, locally it is affected by disturbance of caves.

14. Common name:
Round-eared Tube-
nosed bat
Scientific name:
Murina cyclotis
Family:
Vespertilionidae
Conservation
Status:
Least Concern
forearms, 36-39 mm.
is a species of bat in the Vespertillionidae family from
Central and Southeast Asia.

15. RANGE DESCRIPTION:
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).
HABITAT:
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. 2006).
MAJOR THREAT:
The threats to this species are not well known, although it is
unlikely to be threatened throughout its range.

16. Common name:
Horsefield's Myotis
Scientific name:
Myotis horsfieldii
Family:
Vespertilionidae
Conservation
Status:
Least Concern
forearms, 35-38 mm.
found in China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia,
Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, and
Vietnam.

17. RANGE DESCRIPTION:
In the Philippines, it has been recorded from sea level to 800 m asl
(Heaney et al. 1998) although there is a record from 1,450 m asl on mount
Isarog Camarines Sur Province, in the southeastern portion of Luzon Island.
There are records from the Philippine islands of Bohol, Catanduanes,
Luzon (Camarines Sur, Cagayan, Laguna, Pampanga, Quezon, and Rizal
provinces), Mindanao (Lanao del Norte Province, Misamis Occidental),
Negros, and Palawan (Heaney et al. 1998) and Polillo (Gonzales pers.
comm. 2006).
HABITAT:
In the Philippines, it has been recorded near to streams in lowland
forest, disturbed forest and agricultural areas. In the Philippines, it
sometimes roosts in caves and in tunnels and has been reported roosting
beneath a large rock over a stream (Taylor, 1934).
MAJOR THREAT:
There appear to be no major threats to this species as a whole.