A first record of three hitherto unreported species of bats from Kerala, India with a note on Myotis peytoni (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)

Abstract

We provide specimen-based evidence and echolocation calls of an additional three species of bats in Kerala, India. A brief note on the taxonomy and nomenclature of Peyton’s Whiskered Myotis, and an updated checklist of bats of Kerala is also included.

Keywords

• checklist
• hipposideros galeritus
• miniopterus fuliginosus
• new records
• rhinopoma hardwickii.