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Recent surveys of bats from the Andaman Islands, India: diversity, distribution, and echolocation characteristics

  • 1. Wildlife Biology and Taxonomy Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana State 500007, India & Systematics, Ecology and Conservation Laboratory, Zoo Outreach Organization, 96, Kumudham Nagar, Vilankurichi Road, Coimbatore 641035, India & Corresponding author: E-mail: chelmalasrinivasulu@gmail.com
  • 2. Biodiversity Research and Conservation Society, 303 Nestcon Orchid, Kanajiguda, Tirumalgiri, Secunderabad, Telangana State 500015, India
  • 3. Wildlife Biology and Taxonomy Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana State 500007, India & Systematics, Ecology and Conservation Laboratory, Zoo Outreach Organization, 96, Kumudham Nagar, Vilankurichi Road, Coimbatore 641035, India
  • 4. Wildlife Biology and Taxonomy Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana State 500007, India
  • 5. Harrison Institute, Bowerwood House, 15 St Botolph's Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 3AQ, United Kingdom
  • 6. School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom
  • 7. School of Biological Sciences, Life Sciences Building, 24 Tyndall Avenue, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TQ, United Kingdom

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Srinivasulu, Chelmala, Srinivasulu, Aditya, Srinivasulu, Bhargavi, Gopi, Asad, Dar, Tauseef Hamid, Bates, Paul J. J., Rossiter, Stephen J., Jones, Gareth (2017): Recent surveys of bats from the Andaman Islands, India: diversity, distribution, and echolocation characteristics. Acta Chiropterologica 19 (2): 419-437, DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2017.19.2.018

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