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Pteropus hypomelanus Temminck 1853

  • 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, TN 13 3 AQ, United Kingdom
  • 6. School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London E 1 4 NS, United Kingdom
  • 7. School of Biological Sciences, Life Sciences Building, 24 Tyndall Avenue, University of Bristol, Bristol BS 8 1 TQ, United Kingdom

Description

4. Pteropus hypomelanus Temminck, 1853 Variable Flying Fox

New records

Middle Andaman Islands: Baratang Island, Neil Island and Karmatang.

Previous records

North Andaman Islands: Narcondam Island and Barren Island (Andersen, 1912; Aul et al., 2014).

Comments

Only four specimens were captured and collected. Aul et al. (2014) reported the sighting of this species from Barren Island. During the present study we sighted this species in South Andaman Islands at Ross Island and Port Blair, and in Middle Andaman Islands at Oralkatcha, Nayadera, Kadamthala, Rafter’s Creek, Badurnala, Mayabunder, Karmatang, Neil Island, and Interview Island. Pteropus hypomelanus geminorum, a widespread species in the Andaman Islands, with colonies observed at many locations, has been observed to travel considerable distance from colonies for feeding. Their colonies were located on tall trees in mangrove and gallery forests.

Notes

Published as part of 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, pp. 419-437 in Acta Chiropterologica 19 (2) on page 427, DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2017.19.2.018, http://zenodo.org/record/3942489

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References

  • ANDERSEN, K. 1912. Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the collection of the British Museum, 2 nd edition. Volume 1. Megachiroptera. British Museum (Natural History), London, 854 pp.
  • AUL, B., P. J. J. BATES, D. L. HARRISON, and G. MARIMUTHU. 2014. Diversity, distribution and status of bats on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Oryx, 48: 204 - 212.