Ecological and Acoustic-call Characteristics of Blyth's Horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus Lepidus in Delhi,India Article Swipe
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· 2018
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· DOI: https://doi.org/10.21276/ambi.2018.05.1.ra02
· OA: W2791707312
Introduction:The order Chiroptera of the class Mammalia constitutes an interesting group of animals, called bats.This order is the most diverse mammalian order after Rodentia (Srinivasulu & Srinivasulu, 2001) with more than 1290 species (Fenton & Simmons, 2014).Till date, a total of 128 species of bats are reported from South Asia, with the microchiropterans being better represented than the megachiropterans (115 vs. 13 species).Among the countries representing South Asia, India has more than 90% of the total bat diversity of this region, with about 124 species of bats belonging to 8 families are reported from India (Srinivasulu ., 2010;Saikia , 2017).Blyth 1844, commonly known as Blyth's Horseshoe bat belongs to the Family Rhinolophidae.Rhinolophidae is a large family of insecteating bats characterized by their muzzle possessing a unique noseleaf resembling a typical horseshoe shape (Bates & Harrison, 1997).The noseleaf is typically characterized by the presence of the sella and lancets (Fig. -1).This species is widespread in South Asia and Southeast Asia.In South Asia the species has been recorded up to an elevation of 2,330 meters above sea level and known from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan and India (Andhra Pradesh, Assam,
