A key to the bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of South Asia

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 distribut...

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Main Authors: C. Srinivasulu, Paul A. Racey, Shahroukh Mistry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society 2010-07-01
Series:Journal of Threatened Taxa
Online Access:http://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/1184
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Journal of Threatened Taxa
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title A key to the bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of South Asia
title_short A key to the bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of South Asia
title_full A key to the bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of South Asia
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title_full_unstemmed A key to the bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of South Asia
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0974-7907
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