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The bat fauna of Meghalaya, northeast India: Diversity and conservation
Saikia, U., Thabah, A., Chachula, O.M. and Ruedi, M.
Record Number:
4108
Year:
2018
Pages:
263-286
Editor:
Sivaperuman, C. and Venkataraman, K.
Book Title:
Indian Hotspots Vertebrate Faunal Diversity, Conservation and Management Volume 2
Abstract:
Because of past and present geo-climatic condition and unique biogeographic
history, the state of Meghalaya harbours a rich bat fauna. An inventory of the bat
fauna of the state consisting of 65 species in eight families with distributional
information on each species is presented. Four species namely Megaerops niphanae,
Pipistrellus ceylonicus, Tylonycteris malayana and Miniopterus pusillus
find first mention from the state. This account is primarily based on reliable published
information and online collection database of museums and is supplemented
by the chiropteran collection in Zoological Survey of India, Shillong,
and recent field observations. Despite the rich diversity, bat fauna of the state is
facing multiple existential threats especially from mining and associated activities.
These threats and other conservation issues are also being discussed briefly.
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