Mindanao pygmy fruit bat

{{Short description|Species of bat}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Mildenstein, T. |date=2016 |title=Alionycteris paucidentata |volume=2016 |page=e.T843A22037501 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T843A22037501.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

| parent_authority = Kock, 1969

| taxon = Alionycteris paucidentata

| authority = Kock, 1969

| display_parents = 2

| range_map = Mindanao Pygmy Fruit Bat area.png

| range_map_caption = Mindanao pygmy fruit bat range

}}

The Mindanao pygmy fruit bat (Alionycteris paucidentata) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is the only species within the genus Alionycteris.{{cite journal |url= https://www.researchgate.net/publication/290277680 |title= Cytogeography of philippine bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) |last3= Rickart |first3= Eric A. |last2= Mercier |first2= Jennifer A. |last1= Heaney |first1= Lawrence R. |journal= Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington |volume= 112 |pages= 453–469 |year= 1999 }} It is endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests at high elevations{{Cite book |editor-last=Heaney|editor-first=Lawrence R.|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/21513|title=The Mammals and birds of Camiguin Island, Philippines, a distinctive center of biodiversity |publisher=Field Museum of Natural History|series=New Series |volume=106 |date=April 5, 2006 |location=Chicago}} that are either scarce or overtaken by tourist hotspots. As a result, this species may be seeking new elevated habitats likely in the southern region of the Philippines and along the islands of Sulawesi.{{cite journal|doi=10.3158/0015-0754(2006)106[28:SABOTM]2.0.CO;2|issn=0015-0754|year=2006|volume=106|page=28|title=Synopsis and Biogeography of the Mammals of Camiguin Island, Philippines|journal=Fieldiana Zoology|s2cid=83686122 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/23784 }}