Open AccessBiologyEnvironmental ScienceGeography

C. Srinivasulu, P. Racey, S. Mistry

2010.7.5Journal of Threatened Taxa

DOI: 10.11609/jott.o2352.1001-76

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A checklist and dichotomous key to 128 species of bats known from South Asia including Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Maldives is provided.

Abstract

A checklist and dichotomous key to 128 species of bats known from South Asia including Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Maldives is provided. Character matrices for families, genera and species are also included. This article also briefly reviews their distribution (both physiographic and country-wise), status and main identification characters

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SRINIVASULU, C.; RACEY, P.; MISTRY, S. A key to the bats (mammalia: Chiroptera) of south asia. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2010, 2: 1001–1076.