First record of Ratanaworabhans’s Fruit Bat Megaerops niphanae Yenbutra & Felten, 1983 (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) from Bangladesh

First record of Ratanaworabhans’s Fruit Bat Megaerops niphanae Yenbutra & Felten, 1983 (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) from Bangladesh

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<p>This note provides a morphological confirmation of the occurrence of Ratanaworabhans’s Fruit Bat<strong> </strong><em>Megaerops niphanae</em> in Bangladesh. Although previously recorded in neighbouring territories in India, this constitutes the first country record f...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Nurul Islam, Amir Hossan Shaikat, Kazi Muhammad Fakhrul Islam, Subrata Kumar Shil, Sazeda Akter, Mohammad Mizanur Rahman, Mohammad Mahmudul Hassan, Ariful Islam, Shahneaz Ali Khan, Neil Furey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society 2015-09-01
Series:Journal of Threatened Taxa
Subjects:
Bangladesh
bats
new country record.
Online Access:http://www.threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/2327
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spelling doaj-fe92a181b8604bb994e8f5c246b8454f2020-11-25T02:17:50ZengWildlife Information Liaison Development SocietyJournal of Threatened Taxa0974-78930974-79072015-09-017117821782410.11609/jott.2327.7821-78241783First record of Ratanaworabhans’s Fruit Bat Megaerops niphanae Yenbutra & Felten, 1983 (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) from BangladeshMohammad Nurul Islam0Amir Hossan Shaikat1Kazi Muhammad Fakhrul Islam2Subrata Kumar Shil3Sazeda Akter4Mohammad Mizanur Rahman5Mohammad Mahmudul Hassan6Ariful Islam7Shahneaz Ali Khan8Neil Furey9Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, BangladeshFaculty of Veterinary Medicine, Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, BangladeshFaculty of Veterinary Medicine, Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, BangladeshFaculty of Veterinary Medicine, Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, BangladeshFaculty of Veterinary Medicine, Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, BangladeshFaculty of Veterinary Medicine, Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, BangladeshFaculty of Veterinary Medicine, Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, BangladeshEcoHealth Alliance, 460 West 34th Street, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10001-2320, USAFaculty of Veterinary Medicine, Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, BangladeshFauna & Flora International, Cambodia Programme, PO Box 1380, #19, Street 360, Boeng Keng Kong 1, Chamkarmon, Phnom Penh 12000, Cambodia<p>This note provides a morphological confirmation of the occurrence of Ratanaworabhans’s Fruit Bat<strong> </strong><em>Megaerops niphanae</em> in Bangladesh. Although previously recorded in neighbouring territories in India, this constitutes the first country record for the taxon and highlights the current incompleteness of faunal knowledge and potential for future discoveries in the country. Greater survey effort and sustained investments into developing taxonomic capacity and museum collections in Bangladesh are required to realize this potential however.</p><div> </div>http://www.threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/2327Bangladeshbatsnew country record.
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author Mohammad Nurul Islam
Amir Hossan Shaikat
Kazi Muhammad Fakhrul Islam
Subrata Kumar Shil
Sazeda Akter
Mohammad Mizanur Rahman
Mohammad Mahmudul Hassan
Ariful Islam
Shahneaz Ali Khan
Neil Furey
spellingShingle Mohammad Nurul Islam
Amir Hossan Shaikat
Kazi Muhammad Fakhrul Islam
Subrata Kumar Shil
Sazeda Akter
Mohammad Mizanur Rahman
Mohammad Mahmudul Hassan
Ariful Islam
Shahneaz Ali Khan
Neil Furey
First record of Ratanaworabhans’s Fruit Bat Megaerops niphanae Yenbutra & Felten, 1983 (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) from Bangladesh
Journal of Threatened Taxa
Bangladesh
bats
new country record.
author_facet Mohammad Nurul Islam
Amir Hossan Shaikat
Kazi Muhammad Fakhrul Islam
Subrata Kumar Shil
Sazeda Akter
Mohammad Mizanur Rahman
Mohammad Mahmudul Hassan
Ariful Islam
Shahneaz Ali Khan
Neil Furey
author_sort Mohammad Nurul Islam
title First record of Ratanaworabhans’s Fruit Bat Megaerops niphanae Yenbutra & Felten, 1983 (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) from Bangladesh
title_short First record of Ratanaworabhans’s Fruit Bat Megaerops niphanae Yenbutra & Felten, 1983 (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) from Bangladesh
title_full First record of Ratanaworabhans’s Fruit Bat Megaerops niphanae Yenbutra & Felten, 1983 (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) from Bangladesh
title_fullStr First record of Ratanaworabhans’s Fruit Bat Megaerops niphanae Yenbutra & Felten, 1983 (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) from Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed First record of Ratanaworabhans’s Fruit Bat Megaerops niphanae Yenbutra & Felten, 1983 (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) from Bangladesh
title_sort first record of ratanaworabhans’s fruit bat megaerops niphanae yenbutra & felten, 1983 (chiroptera: pteropodidae) from bangladesh
publisher Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society
series Journal of Threatened Taxa
issn 0974-7893
0974-7907
publishDate 2015-09-01
description <p>This note provides a morphological confirmation of the occurrence of Ratanaworabhans’s Fruit Bat<strong> </strong><em>Megaerops niphanae</em> in Bangladesh. Although previously recorded in neighbouring territories in India, this constitutes the first country record for the taxon and highlights the current incompleteness of faunal knowledge and potential for future discoveries in the country. Greater survey effort and sustained investments into developing taxonomic capacity and museum collections in Bangladesh are required to realize this potential however.</p><div> </div>
topic Bangladesh
bats
new country record.
url http://www.threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/2327
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