Some Noteworthy Bat (Mammalia: Chiroptera) Records from Manipur State, Northeastern India

Authors

  • Uttam Saikia
     North Eastern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Shillong − 793003
  • Gaikhuanlung Ngaomei
     Department of Zoology, Pettigrew College, Ukhrul - 795142, Manipur
  • A. B. Meetei
     North Eastern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Shillong − 793003

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v120/i1/2020/140764

Keywords:

Biodiversity, Bat Species, Hotspots, Manipur, New Records.

Abstract

Specimen based records of five species from Manipur state namely Rhinolophus sinicus, R. yunanensis, Kerivoula picta, Myotis muricola and Miniopterus magnater is presented. The mensural data of the examined specimens from Manipur and comparative data from India and Nepal are also provided. With the current additions, the bat inventory of Manipur stands at 17 species. This also highlights the paucity of information on the bat species diversity and distribution of bat fauna in the state and calls for extensive field based studies.

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Uttam Saikia, North Eastern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Shillong − 793003

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Gaikhuanlung Ngaomei, Department of Zoology, Pettigrew College, Ukhrul - 795142, Manipur

Woeking as Research Scholar in the Department of Life Sciences, Manipur University

A. B. Meetei, North Eastern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Shillong − 793003

Currently working as an Assistant Zoologist in the North Eastern Regional Centre, ZSI, Shillong

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2020-03-31

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Saikia, U., Ngaomei, G., & Meetei, A. B. (2020). Some Noteworthy Bat (Mammalia: Chiroptera) Records from Manipur State, Northeastern India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 120(1), 41–48. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v120/i1/2020/140764

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