A first country record of Titania's woolly bat Kerivoula titania (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from India and notes on its ecology
Abstract
Abstract Based on a recently collected specimen from the Khasi Hills region of Meghalaya state, we report the first occurrence of Titania's woolly bat Kerivoula titania within the geographic boundary of India. We provide detailed morphological descriptions (external, craniodental, and the first information of the species' bacular bone), supplemented by mtDNA, echolocation call, and wing morphology data. The new record constitutes an extension of westward range of the species by about 500 km and raises the tally of bat species in India to 137. The findings also call for fresh impetus for extensive field studies in the undersampled northeastern region of India.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
Species Distribution and Climate Change
Marine animal studies overview
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Animal taxonomy and ecology.
- Publisher
- Akademiai Kiado Zrt.
- Volume
- 72
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 25–36
- Publication date
- 13 January 2026