Record of Great Woolly Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus luctus, Temmick 1834) in Northeast Bangladesh

Bats of Bangladesh—A Systematic Review of the Diversity and Distribution with Recommendations for Future Research

“…Bat research in Bangladesh is in its infancy compared to that in neighboring countries (e.g., India, Myanmar, Nepal), and surveys are urgently needed to establish baseline data that can support assessment and monitoring of bat diversity responses to land-use change, deforestation, disease, and climate change [73]. The few surveys to date have been restricted to mist-netting (e.g., [13,[74][75][76][77]) and photographic evidence [36,62,78,79]. We recommend implementing harp traps in addition to mist nets to maximize capturing different bat species.…”

“…Six (Hipposideros cineraceus, Rhinolophus pearsonii, Eptesicus pachyotis, Kerivoula papillosa, Hypsugo savii, and Scotomanes ornatus) out of 35 species were Not Evaluated by IUCN Bangladesh [9]. Since the 2015 IUCN Bangladesh assessment, six more species have been newly recorded for the country based on photographs and morphometric data, namely Megaerops niphanae [31], Rhinolophus pusillus [32], Pipistrellus javanicus [33], Hipposideros pomona [34], Macroglossus sobrinus [35], and Rhinolophus luctus [36]. Khan [7] listed 43 species in a photographic guide where he documented 15 species with photographs and included 17 species based on broad, but unsupported, distributions in the country (e.g., northwest, northeast, southeast).…”