Abstract
Here, we report the rediscovery of Coelops frithii in the pristine mangrove forest of Sundarbans Forest Reserve in Khulna division of Bangladesh. A dead individual of adult female was collected and identified to species based on morphological features and skull measurements (FA: 41.28 mm, GTL: 17.52 mm, CCL: 15.58 mm). This finding represents the first record from the type locality one and a half century after Blyth (1848) first described the species. C. frithii is considered near threaten in the IUCN Red List. The confirmed occurrence through this record calls for future systematic surveys of this species within the Sundarbans.
Acknowledgements
This study is logistically supported by the Wildlife Rescue Centre (WRC) of Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh. We would like to thank the local guides helping in the field work.
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Author contributions: AS, MMF and MKH did the field work. AS, KV and MKH wrote the manuscript. All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.
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Research funding: This research was done with personal funds by co-authors.
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Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest regarding this article.
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Research ethics: This study was done with the permission from Bangladesh Forest Department (22.01.0000.101.23.2018.4094). The voucher specimen is deposited at department of Zoology, Jahangirnagar University as a catalogue number WLMA0031.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Ecology
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- First tracking of an eastern spotted skunk litter from birth to independence
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- First photographic record of albinism in Baiomys taylori (Rodentia: Cricetidae)
- First record for a partial Isabelline colouration in a European mole, Talpa europaea, from Central Italy
- The natural history of the Stenodermatinae Chiroderma doriae vizottoi Taddei and Lim 2010 (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) in a semiarid region from Brazil
- Free-ranging Van Gelder’s bat Bauerus dubiaquercus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) preying on dung beetles in southern Mexico
- First report of albinism in a lactating female of the chestnut long-tongued bat Lionycteris spurrelli Thomas, 1913 (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae)
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- Conservation
- Distribution of introduced American mink in the Northern Apennine area (Central Italy)
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- Ethology
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- Evolutionary Biology
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- Taxonomy/Phylogeny
- Morphological and molecular confirmation of the common pipistrelle bat, Pipistrellus pipistrellus Schreber, 1774 (Vespertilionidae: Chiroptera), in Xinjiang, China
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Ecology
- Factors influencing the success of capturing European brown bears with foot snares
- First tracking of an eastern spotted skunk litter from birth to independence
- A snapshot of rodents and shrews of agroecosystems in Ethiopian highlands using camera traps
- First photographic record of albinism in Baiomys taylori (Rodentia: Cricetidae)
- First record for a partial Isabelline colouration in a European mole, Talpa europaea, from Central Italy
- The natural history of the Stenodermatinae Chiroderma doriae vizottoi Taddei and Lim 2010 (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) in a semiarid region from Brazil
- Free-ranging Van Gelder’s bat Bauerus dubiaquercus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) preying on dung beetles in southern Mexico
- First report of albinism in a lactating female of the chestnut long-tongued bat Lionycteris spurrelli Thomas, 1913 (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae)
- Fruits consumed by phyllostomid bats in a Peruvian Yungas forest: new dietary items for Chiroderma salvini and Lonchophylla handleyi
- Conservation
- Distribution of introduced American mink in the Northern Apennine area (Central Italy)
- A re-discovery of Coelops frithii (Chiroptera, Hipposideridae) from its type locality after one and a half century
- Ethology
- Vocalizations of the Sepia short-tailed Opossum Monodelphis adusta (Thomas, 1897, Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae)
- Evolutionary Biology
- Sexual size dimorphism and geographic variation in forearm length of Rafinesque’s Big-eared Bat (Corynorhinus rafinesquii) and Southeastern Myotis (Myotis austroriparius)
- Dental formula variations in wild and domestic Sus scrofa: is the first premolar agenesis an evolutionary trend?
- Taxonomy/Phylogeny
- Morphological and molecular confirmation of the common pipistrelle bat, Pipistrellus pipistrellus Schreber, 1774 (Vespertilionidae: Chiroptera), in Xinjiang, China
- Discovery of Kerivoula kachinensis and a validity of K. titania (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in China