The first record of Scotozous dormer Dobson, 1875 from Nepal with new locality records of Pipistrellus coromandra (Gray, 1838) and P. tennis (Temminck, 1840) (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)

Authors

  • S. Thapa
  • P. Subedi
  • N.B. Singh
  • M.J. Pearch

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o2906.2481-9

Abstract

Between September 2008 and September 2010, faunal surveys were carried out by the first author in Paschim Kusaha V.D.C. (Village Development Committee) in the buffer zone of Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve in south-eastern Nepal. The surveys resulted in the collection of three species of vespertilionid bats, which included the first record from Nepal of Dormer’s Pipistrelle Scotozous dormeri Dobson, 1875. A brief description is given of the external, cranial, and dental characters of each of the three species collected and the bacula of Pipistrellus coromandra and P. tenuis are illustrated.

Author Biographies

S. Thapa

Sanjan Thapa is Bat Conservation Officer at the Small Mammals Conservation and Research Foundation in Kathmandu. His research interests include ecology and conservation with particular regard to the taxonomic identification and molecular systematics of bats. He has a Master’s degree in Zoology from the Central Department of Zoology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal.

P. Subedi

Pradeep Subedi is a graduate in Biotechnology and Biochemistry from Universal College, Maitidevi, Kathmandu, Nepal.

N.B. Singh

Nanda Bahadur Singh is an Associate Professor at the Central Department of Zoology, Tribhuvan University. He has a Ph.D. in Ethnogenetics from the University of Tokyo, Japan

M.J. Pearch

Malcolm Pearch is a researcher at the Harrison Institute in Sevenoaks, England, where his principal area of interest is the biological diversity, distribution, and taxonomy of small mammal taxa in the terrestrial ecoregions of the Himalayan region.

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Published

26-04-2012

Issue

Vol 4, No 4 (2012)

Section

Communications

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