Updates on the distribution of the Cantor’s Leaf-nosed Bat, <em>Hipposideros galeritus </em>Cantor, 1846 (Chiroptera, Hipposideridae): new records from peninsular India

Check List 13(6): 909-912, doi: 10.15560/13.6.909

Updates on the distribution of the Cantor’s Leaf-nosed Bat, Hipposideros galeritus Cantor, 1846 (Chiroptera, Hipposideridae): new records from peninsular India

Harpreet Kaur^‡, C. Srinivasulu^§, T. A. Shah^‡, G. Devender^‡, B. Srinivasulu^‡

‡ Wildlife Biology and Taxonomy Lab, Department of Zoology, University College of Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India§ Osmania University, Hyderabad, India

Corresponding author: Harpreet Kaur ( hkaur.ou@gmail.com )

Academic editor: Faisal Ali Anwarali Khan

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Citation: Kaur H, Srinivasulu C, Shah TA, Devender G, Srinivasulu B (2017) Updates on the distribution of the Cantor’s Leaf-nosed Bat, Hipposideros galeritus Cantor, 1846 (Chiroptera, Hipposideridae): new records from peninsular India. Check List 13(6): 909-912. https://doi.org/10.15560/13.6.909

Abstract

Hipposideros galeritus Cantor, 1846 has been hitherto reported from 18 localities in peninsular India. In this paper we report 3 new locality records of the species from Karnataka and 1 new record from Andhra Pradesh, based on photographic evidence and morphometrics (external morphological and cranio-dental). These records extend the southeastern limit of the known geographic location of the species by about 430 km in Karnataka State.

Keywords

Range extension; peninsular India; new records