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Mindoro (mĭndô`rō), island (1990 pop. 832,642), 3,759 sq mi (9,736 sq km), 7th largest of the Philippines, SW of Luzon. Its mountainous interior rises to c.8,500 ft (2,590 m) at Mt. Halcon. What little arable land there is on the island is devoted largely to subsistence farming. Coal is mined, and lumbering is an important industry. Puerto Gabera is a well-known beach area. MindoroIsland (pop., 2000: 1,062,068), west-central Philippines. It is separated from Luzon on the north by the Verde Island Passage. It is 80 mi (130 km) long and 50 mi (80 km) wide, with an area of 3,759 sq mi (9,735 sq km). First visited by the Spanish in 1570, it came under U.S. rule in 1901. It was occupied by the Japanese during World War II. The tamaraw, a small water buffalo, is unique to the island. |
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6 3 Mineopterus schreibersi 14 Philetor brachypterus 24 Scotophilus kuhlii 105 1 Cynopterus brachyotis 3 12 Eonycteris spelaea 1 6 2 Macroglossus minimus 4 3 Ptenochirus jagori 36 4 Pteropus hypomelanus 27 Rousettus amplexicaudatus 1 112 98 6 Island of origin Bat species Mindoro Negros Saccolaimus saccolaimus 54 Taphozous melanopogan Megaderma spasma Hipposideros diadema Rhinolophus spp. Most of the case histories provided here are limited to the large island of Mindoro just south of Metro Manila, but they are based on numerous representative interviews by the author (herself of peasant origin) who had unprecedented access to the everyday lives of these peasant women. Roy Ellen's work with the Nuaulu, a coastal-hinterland people of Seram, Eastern Indonesia, is a central contribution to a body of research that includes Harold Conklin's pioneering work with the Hunanoo of Mindoro, and research by Frake (Subanun, Mindanao), Friedberg (Bunaq, Timor), and Taylor (Tobelo, Halmahera). |
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