First record of Ratanaworabhans’s Fruit Bat Megaerops niphanae Yenbutra & Felten, 1983 (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) from Bangladesh
<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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| 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 |
| 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 |
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| 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> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fe92a181b8604bb994e8f5c246b8454f2022-12-22T03:50:03ZengWildlife 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. |
| 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. |
| title | 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_short | 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 |
| topic | Bangladesh bats new country record. |
| url | http://www.threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/2327 |
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