A key to the bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of South Asia
Srinivasulu, C.;Racey, Paul A.;Mistry, Shahroukh;
journal of threatened taxa2010Vol. 2pp. 1001-1076
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srinivasulu2010ajournal
Abstract
A checklist and dichotomous key to 128 species of bats known from South Asia including Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Maldives is provided. Character matrices for families, genera and species are also included. This article also briefly reviews their distribution (both physiographic and country-wise), status and main identification characters