v7i1.165

Submitted date: 30 May 2014
Accepted date: 16 July 2014
Published date: 19 January 2015
Pp. 66–67. Pls. 26.

Mating behaviour of the Indian flying fox (Chiroptera) in southern Bangladesh

M.A. Baki, H. Al-Razi & S.M.I. Alam*
*Corresponding author. E-mail: shayermia@hotmail.com

Bangladesh is inhabited by 38 species of bats (Order Chiroptera) of which three are frugivorous. One of the latter is the Indian flying fox Pteropus giganteus, a common species in the country. The Indian flying fox is widely distributed in South and Southeast Asia from Pakistan to China and as far south as the Maldives Islands. Although the IUCN deems it as a species of Least Concern the population trend is decreasing.

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