First record of Great Himalayan leaf-nosed bat, Hipposideros armiger (Hipposideridae) from Bangladesh

M. Abdul Aziz; Aung Shew Nu Marma; Ameer Hamza; Md. Abdur Rahman; Md. Aminur Rahman; Sumaiya Naznin

doi:10.1515/mammalia-2024-0003

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First record of Great Himalayan leaf-nosed bat, Hipposideros armiger (Hipposideridae) from Bangladesh

M. Abdul Aziz , Aung Shew Nu Marma , Ameer Hamza , Md. Abdur Rahman , Md. Aminur Rahman and Sumaiya Naznin

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Abstract

We report the first record of the Great Himalayan leaf-nosed bat, Hipposideros armiger from a cave in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh. We confirmed its identity using morphometric measurements and visual observations supplemented with photographs. This report steps up the number of national bat fauna, suggesting countrywide surveys for a comprehensive inventory of bats for Bangladesh.

Keywords: Chiroptera; cave bats; roost; range expansion; Bandarban

Corresponding author: M. Abdul Aziz, Department of Zoology, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka 1342, Bangladesh, E-mail: maaziz@juniv.edu

Acknowledgments

Local communities involved in taking care of the cave were very supportive to our research activities. The staff of the Bandarban Forest Division are duly acknowledged for their support during field work. We are grateful to two anonymous reviewers for their useful comments which greatly improved this manuscript.

Research ethics: All procedures followed for this research were in accordance with the national laws.
Author contributions: MAA, ASNM, MAR, SN conceived the idea; MAA, ASNM, AH, MAR conducted field survey and data collection; MAA, ASNM, SN wrote the manuscript. The authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.
Competing interests: The authors state no conflict of interest.
Research funding: Jahangirnagar University provided a research grant (2023-2024) to the first author for this research project.
Data availability: Not applicable.

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Received: 2024-01-09

Accepted: 2024-04-16

Published Online: 2024-05-08

Published in Print: 2024-09-25

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