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Rousettus leschenaultii Desmarest 1820

  • 1. Harrison Institute, St Botolphs Road, Sevenaoks, Kent TN 13 3 AQ, U. K. & Corresponding author: E-mail: nikkythomas @ hotmail. com
  • 2. 6 Stratton Road, Saltford, Bristol BS 31 3 BS, U. K.
  • 3. Faculty of Environmental Sciences, National University of Laos, Dong Dok Campus, Xaythany District, Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR
  • 4. University of Greenwich School of Sciences, Room 215, Grenville Building, Medway Campus, U. K. Central Avenue, Chatham Maritime, Kent ME 4 4 TB, U. K.
  • 5. Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Description

Rousettus leschenaultii Desmarest, 1820

Leschenault’s rousette

Pteropus leschenaulti Desmarest, 1820: 110; Pondicherry, India.

Distribution

Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Pakistan, Nepal; S China; Myanmar, Thailand, Lao PDR, Vietnam, and ranging into Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Bali, and the Mentawai islands).

Distribution in Lao PDR (Fig. 3): Bolikhamxai Province: Ban Van Hom (Ban Vanhom) (Philips, 1967); Champasak Province: Ban Taong, Xe Pian NBCA (Robinson, 1998); Nong Luang (Nong Louang) (HNHM collection); Khammouan Province: Phon Tiou (Ban Phontiou) (Philips, 1967); Tam Jungvung Cave (Tham Chungvung) (Robinson and Webber, 2000); Louangnamtha Province: Tham Pasatthia 3 (HI collection); Vientiane Province: Nam Ngum (Bergmans, 1995); Xaignabouli Province: [Pha Deng] (Bergmans, 1995); Xekong Province: [Sekong Town (Xekong)] (Bergmans 1995).

Notes

Published as part of Thomas, Nikky M., Duckworth, J. W., Douangboubpha, Bounsavane, Williams, Meredith & Francis, Charles M., 2013, A checklist of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Lao PDR, pp. 193-260 in Acta Chiropterologica 15 (1) on page 198, DOI: 10.3161/150811013X667993, http://zenodo.org/record/3943341

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References

  • DESMAREST, A. G. 1820. Mammalogie ou description des especes de mammiferes. In Encyclopedie methodique part 1. Agasse, Paris, 555 pp.
  • PHILIPS, C. J. 1967. General notes a collection of bats from Laos. Journal of Mammalogy, 48: 633 - 636.
  • ROBINSON, M. 1998. Chiroptera survey: Xe Pian NBCA Lao PDR. Natural History Bulletin of the Siam Society, 42: 117 - 120.
  • ROBINSON, M. F., and M. WEBBER. 2000. Survey of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in the Khammouan Limestone National Biodiversity Area, Lao P. D. R. Natural History Bulletin of the Siam Society, 48: 21 - 45.
  • BERGMANS, W. 1995. On mammals from the People's Democratic Republic of Laos, mainly from Sekong Province and Hongsa Special Zone. Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde, 60: 286 - 306.