Author(s): Thabah, A. & Bates, P. J. J.
Title: Recent record of Otomops wroughtoni (Thomas, 1913) (Chiroptera: Molossidae), from Meghalaya, north-east India
Year: 2002
Volume: 48
Pages: 251-253.
Abstract: Otomops wroughtoni (Thomas, 1913) was named on the basis of about 30 specimens collected from Barapede Caves, 0.5 km from Talewadi village in Karnataka, south-west India (approx. 15°25'N, 74°22'E). This site was subsequently described by Prater (1914), Brosset (1962) and Bates et al. (1994) but was revisited only intermittently during the 20th century (Daniel et al. 1992). Until recently, O. wroughtoni was thought to be restricted to this single location (Bates & Harrison 1997). However, in December, 2000 an additional specimen was collected in Chhep District, Cambodia (13°59'N, 105°16'E) (Walston & Bates 2001). This represented a range extension eastwards of some 3200 km.
Keywords: Otomops wroughtoni, Molossidae, Chiroptera, India
Journal: Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
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ISSN: 1217-8837
Publisher: Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest
Editor(s): Matskási, I. & Peregovits, L.
