Range extension of the Least Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros cineraceus Blyth, 1853 (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Hipposideridae): to central India

Authors

  • M. Kamalakannan Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, Block M, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal 700053, India https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4440-0041
  • C. Venkatraman Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, Block M, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal 700053, India https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9593-5727
  • Tauseef Hamid Dar Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, Block M, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal 700053, India https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8364-6573
  • Kailash Chandra Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, Block M, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal 700053, India http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9076-5442

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.4434.10.15.13020-13023

Keywords:

Hipposideros cineraceus, Kanger Khati National Park, Least Leaf-nosed Bat, range extension

Abstract

The Least Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros cineraceus Blyth, 1853 is one of the 13 leaf-nosed bats in India, and was known from Uttarakhand, West Bengal. North-east India and Tamil Nadu. Upon careful examination of the leaf-nose of the bat collections, which were collected from N.P. Kailash cave in Kanger Khati National Park, Jagadalpur district of Chhattisgarh, during the year 2004 and subsequently deposited in the National Zoological Collections of Zoological Survey of India were identified as Hipposideros cineraceus. It is the first report on the occurrence of Hipposideros cineraceus in Chhattisgarh, Central India.

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26-12-2018

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Vol. 10 No. 15 (2018)

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