Discovery of new colonies of the rare Wroughton’s Free-tailed Bat Otomops wroughtoni (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Molossidae) in Meghalaya, northeastern India

Discovery of new colonies of the rare Wroughton’s Free-tailed Bat Otomops wroughtoni (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Molossidae) in Meghalaya, northeastern India

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<p><em>Otomops wroughtoni</em> is an extremely rare molossid bat, known so far by a single breeding colony in southwestern India and two single individuals recorded in Meghalaya and Cambodia.  We report here the discovery of three new roosts located in large karstic caves of the Ja...

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Main Authors: Manuel Ruedi, D. Khlur B. Mukhim, Oana Mirela Chachula, Thomas Arbenz, Adora Thabah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society 2014-12-01
Series:Journal of Threatened Taxa
Subjects:
Breeding colony
conservation
Endangered species
Jaintia Hills
Molossidae
new roosts
Otomops wroughtoni.
Online Access:http://www.threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/1718

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