New distribution record of Hipposideros grandis G.M. Allen, 1936, Grand Leaf-nosed Bat (Chiroptera, Hipposideridae), from Bangladesh based on morphometric and molecular evidence

By

Hasan, Md. Kamrul
Datta, Ashis Kumar
Saha, Anik
Begum, Sajeda

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-1-6

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

21

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

39--44

Subjects

Baraiyadhala National Park , cave bat , cytochrome oxidase subunit I gene , Data Deficient species , status and distribution , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/21.1.39

 

Abstract

We confirm the presence of Hipposideros grandis G.M. Allen, 1936 from Baraiyadhala National Park, Bangladesh. The identification was based on morphometric attributes of two captured individuals and sequencing of the mtDNA cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) gene. The roosting habitat was chiefly degraded mixed evergreen forests characterized by steep and undulating terrain with many waterfalls and hilly streams. Our new record in Bangladesh extends the westernmost known range of H. grandis. The ecology of this bat species should be studied, as very little is known about it.