Check List 21(1): 39-44, doi: 10.15560/21.1.39

New distribution record of Hipposideros grandis G.M. Allen, 1936, Grand Leaf-nosed Bat (Chiroptera, Hipposideridae), from Bangladesh based on morphometric and molecular evidence

Md. Kamrul Hasan^‡, Ashis Kumar Datta^‡, Anik Saha^‡, Sajeda Begum^‡

‡ Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Bangladesh

Corresponding author: Md. Kamrul Hasan ( mkhasan@juniv.edu )

Corresponding author: Ashis Kumar Datta ( akdatta@juniv.edu )

Academic editor: Faisal Ali Anwarali Khan

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Citation: Hasan MK, Datta AK, Saha A, Begum S (2025) New distribution record of Hipposideros grandis G.M. Allen, 1936, Grand Leaf-nosed Bat (Chiroptera, Hipposideridae), from Bangladesh based on morphometric and molecular evidence. Check List 21(1): 39-44. https://doi.org/10.15560/21.1.39

Abstract

We confirm the presence of Hipposideros grandis G.M. Allen, 1936 from Baraiyadhala National Park, Bangladesh. The identification was based on morphometric attributes of two captured individuals and sequencing of the mtDNA cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) gene. The roosting habitat was chiefly degraded mixed evergreen forests characterized by steep and undulating terrain with many waterfalls and hilly streams. Our new record in Bangladesh extends the westernmost known range of H. grandis. The ecology of this bat species should be studied, as very little is known about it.

Keywords

Baraiyadhala National Park, cave bat, cytochrome oxidase subunit I gene, Data Deficient species, status and distribution, taxonomy