A re-discovery of Coelops frithii (Chiroptera, Hipposideridae) from its type locality after one and a half century
Saha, A.; Vogt, K.; Feeroz, M.M.; Hasan, M.K. (2022). A re-discovery of Coelops frithii (Chiroptera, Hipposideridae) from its type locality after one and a half century. Mammalia (Paris) 86(3): 271-275. https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2021-0092
In: Mammalia. Walter De Gruyter: New York; Berlin. ISSN 0025-1461; e-ISSN 1864-1547, more
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Bangladesh; East Asian tailless leaf-nosed bat; morphology; South Asia; Sundarbans Forest Reserve |
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- Saha, A., more
- Vogt, K., more
- Feeroz, M.M.
- Hasan, M.K.
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Here, we report the rediscovery of Coelops frithii in the pristine mangrove forest of Sundarbans Forest Reserve in Khulna division of Bangladesh. A dead individual of adult female was collected and identified to species based on morphological features and skull measurements (FA: 41.28 mm, GTL: 17.52 mm, CCL: 15.58 mm). This finding represents the first record from the type locality one and a half century after Blyth (1848) first described the species. C. frithii is considered near threaten in the IUCN Red List. The confirmed occurrence through this record calls for future systematic surveys of this species within the Sundarbans. |
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