Updates on the distribution of the Cantor’s Leaf-nosed Bat, Hipposideros galeritus Cantor, 1846 (Chiroptera, Hipposideridae): new records from peninsular India
Harpreet Kaur,
C. Srinivasulu,
T. A. Shah,
G. Devender,
B. Srinivasulu
Affiliations
Harpreet Kaur
Wildlife Biology and Taxonomy Lab, Department of Zoology, University College of Science, Osmania University
C. Srinivasulu
Osmania University
T. A. Shah
Wildlife Biology and Taxonomy Lab, Department of Zoology, University College of Science, Osmania University
G. Devender
Wildlife Biology and Taxonomy Lab, Department of Zoology, University College of Science, Osmania University
B. Srinivasulu
Wildlife Biology and Taxonomy Lab, Department of Zoology, University College of Science, Osmania University
Hipposideros galeritus Cantor, 1846 has been hitherto reported from 18 localities in peninsular India. In this paper we report 3 new locality records of the species from Karnataka and 1 new record from Andhra Pradesh, based on photographic evidence and morphometrics (external morphological and cranio-dental). These records extend the southeastern limit of the known geographic location of the species by about 430 km in Karnataka State.
