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Short Communication New records of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from , northeastern with a distribution list of bat fauna of the state

Ananda Ram Boro, Prasanta Kumar & Utam Saikia

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New records of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Assam, northeastern India with a distribution list of

ISSN 0974-7907 (Online) bat fauna of the state Short Communication Short ISSN 0974-7893 (Print) Ananda Ram Boro 1, Prasanta Kumar Saikia 2 & Utam Saikia 3

OPEN ACCESS 1 Department of Zoology, Pandu College, Pandu Port Road, Maligaon, Guwahat, Assam 781012, India 2 Department of Zoology, Guahat University, Jalukbari, Guwahat, Assam 781014, India 3 Zoological Survey of India, North Eastern Regional Centre, Risa Colony, Shillong, 793003, India 1 [email protected],2 [email protected],3 [email protected] (corresponding author)

Abstract: Specimen based records of two vespertlionid bats namely species richness in the region would be undoubtedly Pipistrellus ceylonicus and Tylonycteris fulvida are provided for the frst an underestmate. In the pre independence period tme from the state of Assam in northeastern India. Based on review of existng literature and examinatons of museum specimens, we also (before 1947), most of the small mammalian collectons furnish a checklist of the bat fauna of Assam with distributon, which in the erstwhile Assam were made outside the present includes 32 species in 17 genera. politcal boundary of Assam State, i.e., Khasi Hills Keywords: Checklist, Chiroptera, new records, northeastern India, (Meghalaya), Lushai Hills () and the Dafa and Vespertlionidae. Mishmi Hills (). During the Mammal Survey conducted by Bombay Natural History Society (1911–1923), however, some areas of eastern and The northeastern region of India exhibits exceptonal western Assam were surveyed. The report of the above mammalian richness including over 70 bat species some survey recorded 15 species of bats from the current of which have been described or reported only recently politcal boundary of the state (Hinton & Lindsay 1926). (Sinha 1999; Bates & Harrison 1997; Thabah & Bates In the subsequent period, very litle informaton was 2002; Ruedi et al. 2012a,b; Saikia et al. 2017; Thong et generated on diversity and distributon of the bat fauna al. 2018). Although there is no consolidated account of Assam except for Kurup (1968) and Sinha (1999), the on the bat fauna of Assam, bat diversity of the state is former dealing with the mammalian fauna of Assam as a apparently not very high comprising around 30 recorded whole and the later providing a consolidated account of species (Bates & Harrison 1997; Sinha 1999; Boro et al. the bats of northeastern India. Twenty-eight species of 2013; Boro & Saikia 2015). But considering the lack of bats from Assam fnd menton in the monographic work feld studies for documentng the diversity, distributon of Bates & Harrison (1997). Of late, a few species have and status of the bat fauna of the state, the reported been added to the bat fauna of Assam (Boro et al. 2013;

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Citaton: Boro, A.R., P.K. Saikia & U. Saikia (2018). New records of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Assam, northeastern India with a distributon list of bat fauna of the state. Journal of Threatened Taxa 10(5): 11606–11612; htp://doi.org/10.11609/jot.3871.10.5.11606-11612

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Acknowledgement: U.S. expresses his grattude to Dr. Kailash Chandra, Director, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata and Ofcer-in-Charge, Zoological Survey of India, Shillong for insttutonal support and encouragement. Excellent feld assistances rendered by Bharat Boro and Staf of ZSI Shillong is also greatly appreciated. Samarjit Ojha of Nowgong Girls’ College is acknowledged for preparing the distributon map.

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Boro & Saikia 2015). But no up to date checklist of the is primarily based on published literature including bat fauna of Assam exists tll date. In this communicaton, the Chiroptera catalogue of Zoological Survey of India, we provide specimen-based records of two species from Kolkata (Ghosh 2008). The chiropteran collecton from Assam, namely Pipistrellus ceylonicus (Kelaart) and Assam in ZSIS was also examined and the informaton Tylonycteris fulvida (Blyth), which represent additons incorporated which was supplemented by author’s feld to the bat fauna of the state. Additonally, we also observatons in various parts of western Assam between furnish a checklist of the bats of the state with recorded August 2012 and September 2017. In view of recent localites. Our compiled checklist includes 34 species taxonomic revisions and species delimitatons (Benda from 17 genera (Table 2), which is primarily derived from & Gaisler 2015), published records of palearctc species published informaton supplemented by specimens like Pipistrellus pipistrellus, Pipistrellus kuhlii from Assam deposited at Zoological Survey of India, Shillong (ZSIS). are omited from the present account. The acronyms of measurements are: Head and body Materials and Methods length (HB); Tail length (T); Ear length (E); Tragus length Adult specimens of Pipistrellus ceylonicus and (Tr); Hindfoot length, including claw (HF); Forearm Tylonycteris fulvida from two localites in Assam were length (FA); Tibia length (Tb); 3MT-3rd Metacarpel collected (Fig. 1). The specimens were humanely length; 4MT-4th Metacarpel length; 5MT-5th Metacarpel euthanized with chloroform vapour and preserved in 70% length; Greatest length of skull including incisors (GTLi); alcohol and integrated in the collecton of ZSIS. Standard Condylobasal length (CBL); Condylocanine length (CCL); morphological measurements of the specimens and Maxillary toothrow length (CM3); Width across third craniodental measurements of the extracted skulls were molars (M3M3); Width across canines (C1C1); Zygomatc taken using a digital caliper accurate to the nearest 0.1mm breadth (ZB); Postorbital constricton (POC); Breadth and 0.01mm respectvely and were identfed following of braincase (BB); length of mandible including incisors Bates & Harrison (1997). For the checklist, informaton

Figure 1. New distributon localites for Pipistrellus ceylonicus and Tylonycteris fulvida in Assam.

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Table 1. External and cranial measurements of P. ceylonicus and T. (MLi); Mandibular toothrow length (CM3); Coronoid height (COH) pachypus specimens from Assam. Tylonycteris fulvida Measurements Pipistrellus ceylonicus ZSIS-407 male, ZSIS-408 (mm) ZSIS-382, male Results and Discussion female Two vespertlionid species, namely, Pipistrellus FA 33.4 27.2, 28.6 ceylonicus and Tylonycteris fulvida were recorded for the HB 47 - P. frst tme from Assam State in northeastern India. For T 35.1 25.3, 26 ceylonicus, this also consttutes the second record of the E 12 9.1, 9.3 species from northeastern India. An updated checklist of Tr 4.1 3.2, 4.2 bats of Assam State comprising 32 species in 17 families is also provided. HF 8.6 5, 5.2 Tb 11.7 12, 13 Pipistrellus ceylonicus 3rd MT 33.4 27.4, 27.7 During feld work around the periphery of 4th MT 33.5 27.3, 26.3 Burachapari Wildlife Sanctuary in of 5th MT 32.2 25.6, 26.5 Central Assam, an adult male specimen of P. ceylonicus GTLi 13.82 11.92, 12.40 0 0 was caught at Sisuwat Village (26.54438 N & 92.76413 E, CBL 13.40 11.10, 12.14

50m) at the southern edge of the Sanctuary at 16.40hr CCL 13 11, 11.50 on 28 November 2016. The village is situated on the CM3 5.32 3.81, 4.00 sandy riverbank of Brahmaputra with scatered human M3M3 6.53 5.37, 5.45 setlements. The individual was captured while fying C1C1 4.73 4.08, 4.14 inside a school building by sweeping a buterfy net. Although we could not ascertain the roostng locaton ZB 9.95 8.77, 8.81 of the bat, secondary sources informed that a colony BB 7.18 6.58, 6.76 of bats roosts on the ceiling of an occasionally used POC 4.20 3.81, 3.90 community health centre building nearby. MLi 10.48 8.55, 8.85

The Kelaart’s Pipistrelle Pipistrellus ceylonicus CM3 5.57 4.10, 4.53 (Kelaart, 1852) is a widely distributed species in South COH 3.46 2.35, 2.68 Asia, Southeast Asia and China (Bates et al. 2008a). In India, this bat is known from the states of Andhra Pradesh, , Goa, Gujarat, , , , tend to assume a more reddish or golden hue. Muzzle, , , , Rajasthan, ears and interfemoral membranes were dark brown. The Tamil Nadu and (Bates et al. 2008a). The ears are triangular in profle with roundish tps. Tragus is Internatonal Union for Conservaton of Nature (IUCN) curved and blunt and the muzzle is naked. Compared to categorizes this species as Least Concern (Bates et al. the size of the individual, the penis is long (shaf length 2008a). This species has recently been recorded from of 8.25mm). The interfemoral membranes join to the Umlyngsha area (25.207830N & 92.262160E) of East base of the phalanges.The animal weighed 6.5g. The Jainta Hills in Meghalaya State (Saikia et al. in press). animal was registered in the collecton of ZSIS under the Thus, the present record of this species from Assam registraton number V/M/ERS/382. is the second report of this species from northeastern The skull is robust with a condylocanine length of India and it is quite likely that the species is more widely 13mm (Table 1), and the dorsal profle is slightly convex distributed in India than previously documented. in the anterior region. The zygomata, however, are comparatvely thin and fared outward. The supraorbital Descripton of the specimen ridge is well defned. The dentton of the individual is The live specimen had a golden yellow pelage around signifcantly worn out; especially the canines whose tp the anterior part of the dorsum (Image 1). The posterior is almost at the level of the posterior premolar indicatng region especially around the fanks was chocolate brown. its old age. Mastcaton over the lifespan of an individual The ventral pelage was golden yellow, individual hairs contnually wears down tooth surfaces and as a result, had a yellowish tp and darker roots. The bright golden cheek teeth become short as cusps are worn down, colour of the specimen may indicate its advanced age as canines become short and dull, and the width of the noted by Philips (1980) who stated that older individuals tp increases (Brunet-Rossinni & Wilkinson 2009). The

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© Utam Saikia Image 1. Portrait of Pipistrellus ceylonicus (ZSIS-382)

© Ananda Boro Image 2. Tylonycteris fulvida dorsal view (ZSIS-407) frst upper premolar (pm2) is prominent and its crown mist netng inside a bamboo grove at Balahat Village area is almost equal to that of the frst upper incisor (i2). (26.535550N & 91.718610E, 60m) of in This is in contrast to similar sized species like Hypsugo western Assam. The bamboo grove (Bambusa balcooa) anthonyi, H. jofrei, Pipistrellus cadornae and Arielulus is surrounded by agricultural felds on all sides. It may circumdatus, which have diminutve frst upper premolar be mentoned that on an earlier occasion in July, 2013 (Pearch & Writer 2009). we found 14 pups of this bat along with a single female roostng inside the intermodal space of a bamboo Tylonycteris fulvida cut from the same bamboo grove. The female was Two adult individuals of Club-footed Bat Tylonycteris observed trying to enfold the pups with the wings and fulvida were caught in the evening of 24 July 2017, by was reluctant to fy away and was later released on the

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Table 2. Checklist of bat fauna of Assam comprising 32 species in seventeen genera with recorded distributon localites in the state.

Family Species Locality records Data source/Remarks Widely distributed throughout the state. Some reported localites include Guwahat City, Palasbari, Kamrup ZSIS-9340, 9341; Ali 2015; District; Dalgaon, ; Lakhimpur, Lakhimpur Pteropus giganteus Sinha 1999; Bates & Harrison 1 Pteropodidae District; Mahuri Para, Baksa District; Rongjuli, (Brünnich, 1872) 1997; Anderson 1912; Hinton & District; Bilasipara, Kacharighat, District, Cachar, Lindsay 1926. ; , ; Doom Dooma, District. Balahat near , , Baksa District; ZSIS-315, 316, 385; Hinton & 2 Cynopterus sphinx (Vahl, 1797) Khamtghuli near Guijan; ; Golaghat, Lindsay 1926 Golaghat District. Rousetus leschenault Goreswar, Baksa District; Kherkheria, Darrang District; 3 ZSIS-9465, 9466; Sinha 1999 (Desmarest, 1820) Kaziranga, Golaghat District; Rongjuli, Golapara District. Eonycteris spelaea (Dobson, 4 Kherkheria, Darrang District. Ghose & Bhatacharyya 1974 1871) Guijan, Tinsukia District; , Baksa District; Bornadi WS, ; Bokakhat, Manas NP; near range ZSIS-310, 384, 429; Sinha 1999; Megaderma lyra E. Geofroy, 5 Megadermatdae ofce, Orang NP, Darang District; Dhania range ofce, Utam Saikia pers. obs. October 1810 Burachapari WS, Sonitpur District; no exact locality, 2016. Kamrup & Goalpara districts. Megaderma spasma (Linnaeus, 6 Kulsi, Rajpara, . Hinton & Lindsay 1926 1758) Taphozous longimanus Salbari Village, Baksa District; Narikuchi Village, ZSIS-314, 9231, 9233; Sinha 7 Emballonuridae Hardwicke, 1825 District. 1999 Saccolaimus saccolaimus 8 Balahat Village, Baksa; Dhubri Town, . Boro & Saikia 2015; Ali 2016 (Temminck, 1838) Rhinolophus pusillus Temminck, Sibsagar, Sibsagar District; Golaghat, Golaghat District; Hinton & Lindsay 1926; Sinha 9 Rhinolophidae 1834 Rani, Kamrup District. 1999; ZSIS-317 10 Rhinolophus lepidus Blyth, 1844 Sibsagar, Sibsagar District. Sinha 1999 Rhinolophus luctus Temminck, 11 Gunjung, . Sinha 1973 1834 Rhinolophus trifoliatus 12 Sibsagar, Sibsagar District. Sinha 1973 Temminck, 1834 Hipposideros cineraceus Blyth, 13 Hipposideridae Golaghat, Golaghat District; Margherita, Tinsukia District. Hinton & Lindsay 1926 1853 Sinha, 1999; Hinton & Lindsay Gaurisagar Temple, Sibsagar, Nazira, Sibsagar District; 1926; Kurup 1968. Hipposideros pomona Anderson, Guwahat, Rajapara, Kamrup District; Golaghat, Golaghat (Records of H. fulvous from 14 1918 District; Margherita, Tinsukia District; no exact locality, northeasternIndia are referable Cachar District. to H. pomona)(Bates and Harrison, 1997) Hipposideros larvatus (Horsfeld, Hinton & Lindsay 1926; Kurup, 15 Rajapara, Kamrup District; Goalpara, . 1823) 1968 Hipposideros armiger Hodgson, 16 Rajapara, Kamrup District. Hinton & Lindsay 1926 1835 Myots formosus (Hodgson, 17 Vespertlionidae Goalpara, Goalpara District. Sinha 1986 1835) 18 Myots muricola (Gray, 1846) Lokhra near Balipara, Sonitpur District. Nath 1952 Myots horsfeldii (Temminck, ZSIS -318, 319; Boro & Saikia 19 Barangabari, near Manas NP, Baksa District. 1840) 2015 Balahat, Salbari, Barengabari Tea Estate, Baksa District; ZSIS -312, 313, 430 9578, 9234, Scotophilus heathii Horsfeld, 20 Rajapara, Jalukbari, Kamrup District; Mahuripara, 6km 9235; Sinha 1999; Ghosh 2008 1830 from Goreswar, Baksa District; Dudhnoi, Goalpara District. 21 Scotophilus kuhlii Leach, 1821 Musalpur, Baksa District. ZSIS-311 Eptesicus serotnus (Schreber, 22 Darang, Darang District. Anderson 1881 1774) Pipistrellus paterculus Thomas, 23 Rajapara, Palasbari, Kamrup District. Bates & Harrison 1997 1905 Kurup, 1968; Sinha 1999 (as Lokhra near Balipara, Sonitpur District; Rajapara, P. babu), Bates & Harrison 24 Pipistrellus javanicus (Gray, 1838) Palasbari, Kamrup District; Basbari, Baksa District; 1997; Hinton & Lindsay 1926; Sibsagar, Sibsagar District; Margherita, Tinsukia District. ZSIS- 410 Tamulpur, Goreswar Town, Naokata, 16km from Pipistrellus coromandra (Gray, ZSIS-307, 326, 327, 328, 329, 25 Goreswar, Baksa District; Goalpara, Rongjuli, Goalpara 1838) 9577; Sinha 1999 District.

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Family Species Locality records Data source/Remarks Balahat near Goreswar, Goreswar Town, Mahuripara, Baksa District; Guwahat, Rajapara, Angarkhata, Kamrup ZSIS-308, 324, 325, 9561, Sinha Pipistrellus tenuis (Temminck, 26 District; Golaghat, Golaghat District; Rangjuli, Goalpara 1999; Hinton & Lindsay 1926, 1840) District; Mangaldoi, Darrang District, Sadiya, Tinsukia Ghosh 2008 District. Pipistrellus ceylonicus (Kelaart, 27 Sisuwat Village, Sonitpur District. Present study, ZSIS-382 1852) 28 Tylonycteris fulvida (Blyth, 1850) Balahat, near Goreswar, Baksa District. Present study, ZSIS-407, 408 Harpiocephalus harpia 29 Ripu, District. Kurup 1968 (Temminck, 1840) Kaziranga NP, Golaghat District; Hapjan Tea Estate, Chaturvedi 1969; Utam Saikia 30 Kerivoula picta (Pallas, 1776) . pers. obs. 03 March 2008 Kerivoula Sinha 1999; Hinton & Lindsay 31 Sibsagar, Sibsagar District; Rajapara, Kamrup District. hardwickii(Horsfeld,1824) 1926 32 Murina hutoni (Peters, 1872) Ripu, Kurup 1968

© Ananda Boro Image 3. Tylonycteris fulvida ventral view (ZSIS407) same spot. On several earlier occasions, this bamboo fulvida (as T. pachypus) has been reported from a few patch was visited and fight and roostng actvity of this localites in , Meghalaya and Mizoram, bamboo bat was noted only during the wet season and Tripura states of northeastern India (Molur et especially between June–August. al. 2002). In view of its widespread distributon in Although hitherto not recorded in Assam, Tylonycteris China, South and Southeast Asia, the IUCN Red List of

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April 2018 | Vol. 10 | No. 5 | Pages: 11551–11702 Date of Publicaton: 26 April 2018 (Online & Print) www.threatenedtaxa.org DOI: 10.11609/jot.2018.10.5.11551-11702

Artcle Report of the early winter migrants and resident birds in an inland wetland near Tundi Camp, Bajana, Gujarat Buterfy diversity in human-modifed ecosystems of southern Sikkim, the -- Abhishek Chaterjee, Sudeshna Ghoshal, Soumyajit Chowdhury & eastern Himalaya, India Pinakiranjan Chakrabart, Pp. 11652–11658 -- Prem Kumar Chetri, Kishor Sharma, Sailendra Dewan & Bhoj Kumar Acharya, 11551–11565 The frst report of two thread-legged assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae) from India -- Balasaheb V. Sarode, Swapnil S. Boyane & Hemant V. Ghate, Pp. 11659– Communicatons 11664

Contrastng human perceptons of and attudes towards two threatened Water striders, the genus Cylindrostethus Mayr (Insecta: Heteroptera: small carnivores, Lycalopex fulvipes and Leopardus guigna, in rural Gerridae) from India with a new record communites adjacent to protected areas in Chile -- E. Eyarin Jehamalar, Kailash Chandra & G. Srinivasan, Pp. 11665–11671 -- I. Sacristán, A. Cevidanes, F. Acuña, E. Aguilar, S. García, M.J. López, J. Millán & C. Napolitano, Pp. 11566–11573 The invasive aphid Pterochloroides persicae (Cholodkovsky, 1899) (Hemiptera: Aphidoidea: Lachninae) recorded on important fruit trees in Sightng trend of the Indian Skimmer (Charidiformes: Laridae: Rynchops Kashmir Valley, India albicollis Swainson, 1838) in Natonal Chambal Gharial Sanctuary (1984– -- Govindasamy Mahendiran, Shahid Ali Akbar & Mudasir Ahmad Dar, 2016) refectng on the feasibility of long-term ecological monitoring Pp. 11672–11678 -- L.A.K. Singh & R.K. Sharma, Pp. 11574–11582

Comparatve cross-sectonal survey on gastrointestnal parasites of captve, Notes semi-captve, and wild Elephants of Sri Lanka Anemone trullifolia and Berberis angulosa as new records to the fora of -- Nirupama Abeysekara, R.P.V. Jayanthe Rajapkse & R.S. Rajakaruna, the western Himalaya, India Pp. 11583–11594 -- Ishwari Dat Rai, Gajendra Singh & Gopal Singh Rawat, Pp. 11679–11682

Notes on fairy orchids (Magnoliopsida: Asparagales: Orchidaceae: Short Communicatons Oberonia) of Sri Lanka: revision in regional distributon and documentaton on vegetatve propagaton The extncton of Faure’s Broom Adenocarpus faurei Maire (Leguminosae) in -- Menaka Ariyarathne & Deepthi Yakandawala, Pp. 11683–11685 Algeria -- Mohamed Djamel Miara, Mohammed Ait Hammou & Jah Skipper, Additonal reports of solitary poter wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Pp. 11595–11598 Eumeninae) in -- Tshering Nidup, Wim Klein, P. Girish Kumar & Phurpa Dorji, Pp. 11686– Conservaton assessment of two rare gingers (Zingiberaceae) from Dampa 11696 Reserve, Mizoram, India -- Pankaj Kumar & Priya Singh, Pp. 11599–11605 On the occurrence of the rare Long-nosed Stargazer Ichthyscopus lebeck (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Uranoscopidae) in the coastal waters of New records of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Assam, northeastern Visakhapatnam, India India with a distributon list of bat fauna of the state -- Govinda Rao Velamala & Muddula Krishna Naranji, Pp. 11697–11700 -- Ananda Ram Boro, Prasanta Kumar Saikia & Utam Saikia, Pp. 11606–11612

On the birds of Marivan County, western Iran: an update Correcton -- Fatah Zarei, Seyed Naseh Hosseini, Jalal Pezeshk, Loghman Maleki & Hamid Reza Esmaeili, Pp. 11613–11617 Corrigendum - Buterfy host plant Monograph, P. 11701

Nestng patern of birds in Jahangirnagar University Campus, -- Israt Jahan, Sajeda Begum, Mohammad Mostafa Feeroz, Delip Kumar & Miscellaneous Ashis Kumar Data, Pp. 11618–11635 Member Natonal Biodiversity Authority An annotated checklist of the birds of the upper Siang region, Arunachal Pradesh, India -- Anirban Data-Roy, Vivek Ramachandran & Karthik Teegalapalli, Pp. 11636– 11651

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