First record of the grand leaf-nosed bat, Hipposideros grandis (Hipposideridae), from Bangladesh
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Mohammad A. Aziz
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Md M. Hossain
Abstract
We report the first record of the grand leaf-nosed bat, Hipposideros grandis, from a cave in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh. We confirmed its identity using morphometric and molecular analyses. This study enhances the number of national bat fauna and underscores the importance of comprehensive bat surveys in Bangladesh.
Acknowledgments
The cave management authority was very supportive to this research project. We acknowledge the assistance during field survey offered by the staff of the Bandarban Forest Division of the Bangladesh Forest Department.
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Research ethics: All procedures followed for this research were in accordance with the national laws.
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Author contributions: MAA, MMH, ASNM conceived the idea; MAA, ASNM, AH, MAR conducted field survey and data collection; MMH, MSA conducted the molecular analysis; MAA, MMH wrote the manuscript, and reviewed by ASNM, MAR, SN. The authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.
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Use of Large Language Models, AI and Machine Learning Tools: None declared.
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Competing interests: The authors state no conflict of interest.
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Research funding: Jahangirnagar University provided a research grant (2023–2024) to the first author for this research project.
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Data availability: Nucleotide sequence data is available at GenBank with accession number PP840341.
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- The forbidden fruit: toque macaques (Macaca sinica) feeding on invasive pond apple (Annona glabra) in Sri Lankan mangroves
- Electrocutions as an important cause of mortality for a mesocarnivore
- Eurasian red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) and mesocarnivores in a Mongolian protected area
- Materials of garden dormouse summer nests in Germany
- Increase in the frequency of melanism in Abert’s Squirrel in Boulder, Colorado
- The importance of rodents to a specialist carnivore in an industrialized site
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