First record of Dobson’s Long-tongued Fruit Bat Eonycteris spelaea (Dobson, 1871) (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) from Kerala, India

P. O. Nameer; R. Ashmi; Sachin K. Aravind; R. Sreehari

doi:10.11609/jott.2496.8.11.9371-9374

Journal of Threatened Taxa (Sep 2016)

First record of Dobson’s Long-tongued Fruit Bat Eonycteris spelaea (Dobson, 1871) (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) from Kerala, India

P. O. Nameer,
R. Ashmi,
Sachin K. Aravind,
R. Sreehari

Affiliations

P. O. Nameer: Associate Professor (Wildlife) & Head Centre for Wildlife Studies, College of Forestry, Kerala Agricultural University KAU (PO), 680 656, Thrissur, Kerala, India.
R. Ashmi: Centre for Wildlife Studies, College of Forestry, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur, Kerala 680656, India
Sachin K. Aravind: Centre for Wildlife Studies, College of Forestry, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur, Kerala 680656, India
R. Sreehari: Centre for Wildlife Studies, College of Forestry, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur, Kerala 680656, India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.2496.8.11.9371-9374
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 11
pp. 9371 – 9374

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A new site record for the Dobson‘s Long-tongued Fruit Bat Eonycteris spelaea (Pteropodidae, Chiroptera) is presented from Kerala, India. A revised distribution map of the species is also given. The morphometry of Eonycteris spelaea is discussed. DNA sequences have been deposited in GenBank.

Published in Journal of Threatened Taxa

ISSN: 0974-7893 (Print); 0974-7907 (Online)
Publisher: Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society
Country of publisher: India
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General): Ecology; Science: Natural history (General): General. Including nature conservation, geographical distribution
Website: https://threatenedtaxa.org/

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