Eonycteris spelaea Lesser Dawn Bat
Authors/Creators
- 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
3. Eonycteris spelaea (Dobson, 1871)
Lesser Dawn Bat
New records
North Andaman Islands: Chalis Ek; Middle Andaman Islands: Baratang Island and Webi; South Andaman Islands: Rutland Island; Little Andaman Island: Hut Bay and V.K. Pur.
Previous records
North Andaman Islands: Diglipur (ZSIK) and Long Island (HZM); Middle Andaman Islands: Mayabunder (ZSIK); South Andaman Islands: Chidiatapu (Bhattacharya, 1975) and Wright Myo (ZSIK).
Comments
Thirty-five individuals were captured of which seven specimens were collected. Aul et al. (2014) reported the sightings of this species from eight locations in the North and Middle Andaman Islands. During the present study, we collected this species from limestone caves on Rutland Island and Little Andaman Island, in addition to the previously reported localities. This species was recorded from many localities throughout the islands.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Lesser Dawn Bat
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Pteropodidae
- Genus
- Eonycteris
- Species
- spelaea
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Eonycteris spelaea (Dobson, 1871) sec. Srinivasulu, Srinivasulu, Srinivasulu, Gopi, Dar, Bates, Rossiter & Jones, 2017
References
- DOBSON, G. E. 1871. Description of four new species of Malayan bats from the collection of Dr. Stoliczka. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 40: 260 - 267.
- BHATTACHARYA, T. P. 1975. Occurrence of Dobson's long tongu- ed fruit bat, Eonycteris spelaea (Dobson) (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) in the Andaman Islands, India. Science Culture, 41: 317 - 318.
- 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.