A key to the bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of South Asia

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Authors

Chelmala Srinivasulu · Osmania University

Abstract

A checklist and dichotomous key to 128 species of bats known from South Asia including Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Maldives is provided. Character matrices for families, genera and species are also included. This article also briefly reviews their distribution (both physiographic and country-wise), status and main identification characters

Topics & Keywords

Bat Biology and Ecology Studies Species Distribution and Climate Change Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life in Land

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Threatened Taxa

Volume 2, Issue 7, pp. 1001-1076

DOI: 10.11609/jott.o2352.1001-76

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