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Small Mammal Mail Newsletter celebrating the most useful yet most neglected Mammals for CCINSA & RISCINSA -- Chiroptera, Rodentia, Insectivora, & Scandentia Conservation and Information Networks of South Asia Volume 4 Number 2 ISSN 2230-7087 DECEMBER 2012 Contents Members Editorial, P. 2 CCINSA Members since Feb 2012 Ms. Khushbu Panwar, Research First Record of habitat sharing of Eonycteris Scholar, Dept. of Zoology, M.L.S. Univ., spelaea and Rousettus leschenaultii in Nepal Udaipur, Rajasthan Dr. Amir Hossan Shaikat, Lecturer, and Highest Elevation of Occurrence of E. <[email protected]> spelaea in the World, Sanjan Thapa, Dibya Dept. of Physiology, Biochem. & Raj Dahal and Santoshi Pokhrel, Pp. 3-7 Pharmacology, Chittagong Vet. & Animal Sci. Univ., Chittagong, Bangladesh Mr. Rohit Ashit Chakravarty, Student, St. Xavier College, Mumbai, Maharashtra Additional site records of Indian Pangolin <[email protected]> (Manis crassicaudata Gray 1827) <[email protected]> (Pholidota; Manidae) in Guntur, K. Mr. Deependar Singh Shekhawat, Mahabubnagar and Medak districts of Research Scholar, Dept. of Zoology, M.L.S. Mr. Devendra Kumar, Research Scholar, Andhra Pradesh, India, K. Krishna Prasad, Univ., Udaipur, Rajasthan Dept. of Zoology, M.L.S. Univ., Udaipur, and C. Srinivasulu, Pp. 8-9. <[email protected]> Rajasthan <[email protected]> Recent Observations of Black Giant Squirrel Mr. Vijay Kumar Koli, Research Scholar, Ratufa bicolor (Sparrman, 1778) in the Dr. Samir Kumar Sinha, WTI Field Dept. of Zoology, M.L.S. Univ., Udaipur, Vicinity of Makalu-Barun National Park, Station, Valmiki Tiger Reserve, Patna, Rajasthan Nepal, Yadav Ghimirey, Binod Ghimire, Bal Bihar <[email protected]> Mukunda Pokhrel and Raju Acharya, Pp. <[email protected]> 10-11. Mr. Pritesh Kiritkumar Patel, Co- Dr. Shahneaz Ali Khan, Univ. Teacher & ordinator & GIS Expert, Pramukh Ashish Observation on Nest-Site selection by Researcher, Chittagong Vet. & Animal Sci. Society, Vadodara, Gujarat Univ., Chittagong, Bangladesh Indian Giant Squirrel in Karlapat Wildlife <[email protected]> Sanctuary, Odisha, Anup K. Pradhan, <[email protected]> Shivam Shrotriya and S.D. Rout, Pp. 12-13 Mr. Umesh Garu, Research Scholar, Dept. On the Occurrence of the Large Brown of Zoology, M.L.S. Univ., Udaipur, Rajasthan RISCINSA Members since Mar Flying Squirrel (Petaurista philippensis) in <[email protected]> 2012 Andhra Pradesh, India, Rachakonda Sreekar, C. Srinivasulu, Ashwin Naidu and Mr. Bhoopendra Kumar Verma, Mr. Jangchuk Nil Gyeltshen, Section Imran Siddiqi, Pp.14-15 Research Scholar, Dept. of Zoology, M.L.S. Head, Species Cons. & Mgmt. Sec., Univ., Udaipur, Rajasthan Jigme Dorji National Park, Gasa, Bhutan Daytime feeding in the diurnal roost by the <[email protected]> Indian flying fox, Pteropus giganteus <[email protected]> P. Augustus Robince, J. Dhivahar and S. Dr. Preeti Singh, Asst. Prof., Dept. of Suthakar Isaac, Pp. 16 Zoology, M.L.S. Univ., Udaipur, Rajasthan Dr. Palaniyandi Sakthivel, Research <[email protected]> Asso., National Ins. of Plant Health New Encounters during Expedition with Bat Mgmt., Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh Detectors in KMTR, Juliet Vanitharani, S. Mr. Dailu Pilot Dovih, Student, Selva Ponmalar and C. Mercy, Pp. 17-19 <[email protected]> NCBS, Bangalore, Karnataka Bat calls from India - International bat <[email protected]> Mr. Pritesh Kiritkumar Patel, Co- Acoustics workshop 2012, Tanja Straka, Pp. ordinator & GIS Expert, Pramukh Ashish 20-21 Mr. Sanwar Mal Kantwa, Research Society, Vadodara, Gujarat Scholar, Dept. of Zoology, M.L.S. Univ., <[email protected]> Udaipur, Rajasthan <[email protected]> Dr. Iftikhar Hussain, Prof., Dept. of Wildlife Mgmt., PMAS - Arid Agri. Univ., Mr. Priyansh Mathur, Research Scholar, Rawalpindi, Pakistan Dept. of Zoology, M.L.S. Univ., Udaipur, Rajasthan<[email protected]> <[email protected]> Status Survey and Conservation Education Bat Conservation International - Global Campaign: A Community participation Grassroots Conservation Program, Nurul approach to protect bats in Rajasthan parts Islam, Pp. 37-39. of the Thar desert, K.R. Senacha, Pp. 22-33 Dusky Palm Squirrel, V. Roopa, P. 40 Male-Male Interaction in Indian Flying Fox Report of Albino Rhinopoma microphyllum Pteropus giganteus, M.R. Sudhakaran, D.P. kinneri sighted in Thar Desert, Dau Lal Swami Doss and P. Parvathiraj, Pp. 34 Bohra and Chandan K. Bahura, Pp. 41-42 Roosting Ecology of Indian Flying fox Observations on nesting behaviour of five (Pteropus giganteus) colonies in the striped squirrel, Funambulus pennanti, western part of Assam with special Wroughton in Indian Thar Desert of reference to their conservation, Dr. Azad Rajasthan, Sanjay Paunikar and S.S. Ali, Pp. 35-36 Talmale, Pp. 43 Small Mammal Mail - Bi-Annual Newsletter of CCINSA & RISCINSA 1 Volume 4, Number 2, December 2012 1 EDITORIAL Dear Small Mammal Friends : Hello Sally, I hope this finds you well. Would you be able to add We completely missed out on our half year issue of the co-chairs of the SSC Small Mammal Specialist Small Mammal Mail. We got only a few Group to Small Mammal Mail? I think they would contributions. I hope by now you might have some find it very useful. activities to report or articles to contribute. We will use these for a December issue if we get enough. If They are: not, do you think we should continue Small Mammal Richard Young – [email protected] Mail? I would like to do so. Tom Lacher - [email protected] I have copied them here., Best wishes, If we can fill a December issue in 2012, that will still be two issues this year and we will have a mid-year Simon N. Stuart PhD, Chair (May or June) issue and a December issue for 2013. IUCN Species Survival Commission 7-9 North Parade Buildings, Bath BA1 1NS, UK Earlier we had two newsletters, one for bats and [email protected] one for rodents but we combined them as most members were interested in both topics -- bats and Dear Madam, rodents -- and it made a better newsletter. Cordial Greetings. I look forward to hear from you ... hopefully an email accompanied by an announcement, an article, I feel Small Mammal mail is very much needed and an activity, etc. essential. It creates a platform to discuss and publish some of the small research matters Best wishes which are important. It is a newsletter for the local Sally Walker for Small Mammal Mail bat researcher in India. So let us have at least biannually. Dear Sally and Latha, Here, I attach an observation - important and I am of the opinion that we should keep the Small interesting to be published in Small mammal mail. Mammal Mail going. This is the only Newsletter of Please publish it. standard that caters to the Volant and Non-volant Small Mammals of the region. Sincerely, S. Suthakar Isaac <[email protected] I feel that the submissions have declined as more and more of the contributors have to wait too long (six months) to see their contributions in print or in Dear Readers pdf format. This may one of the major reasons behind the waning interest and to counteract this, We received many other letters and many of them we could plan a monthly update of the submitted were accompanied by articles. It wasn’t so difficult notes/news as pdfs on to the ZOO/Newsletters to collect enough material for a reasonable website for the period of January to June and July to newsletter. I am inclined to continue as before. December every year. However, Srinivasalu has suggested a different way. It is up to you readers which method you want. For Like, say we get two notes/news in January 2013, my part, I don’t mind begging, pleading and we get the manuscripts reviewed and once the threatening in order to get enough articles for this revised ms has been received we host the pdfs on to newsletter. Thanks for your interest and the Issue 1 (January-June period) of 2013, by March cooperation. 2013. And lo, the contributor feels happy to see his contribution processed within short span and would Best wishes, contribute regularly in future. Depending upon the Sally Walker, Editor, Small Mammal Mail number of contributions, review and submission of the revised ms, we continue to publish the pdfs as part of Issue 1 till 30th June, and all the other manuscripts processed later will be published as part of Issue 2. This way we can ensure that the waiting period could be minimized and more and more notes/news items will be contributed. The same suggestion might hold good with other Newsletters too. I am herewith attaching two notes for inclusion in Small Mammal Mail. Chelama Srinivasulu Small Mammal Mail - Bi-Annual Newsletter of CCINSA & RISCINSA 2 Volume 4, Number 2, December 2012 2 First Record of habitat sharing of Eonycteris spelaea and Rousettus leschenaultii in Nepal and Highest Elevation of Occurrence of E. spelaea in the World Sanjan Thapa1*, Dibya Raj Dahal1, 2 and Santoshi Pokhrel2 There are three species of Dawn Bat namely, Greater Dawn Bat (Eonycteris major), Philippine Dawn Bat (Eonycteris robusta) and Dawn Bat (Eonycteis spelaea) (IUCN 2011). However, only Eonycteris spelaea is distributed in Nepal (Acharya et al. 2010) and in other South Asian countries (Srinivasulu et al. 2010). E. spelaea ranges widely from northern South Asia, into southern China, and much of Southeast Asia (Francis et al. 2008). In South Asia it is known from India (Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Karnataka, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu (Vanitharani
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    Journal of American Science, 2011;7(10) http://www.americanscience.org Molecular Phylogenetic Relationship Between and Within the Fruit Bat (Rousettus Aegyptiacus) and the Lesser Tailed Bat (Rhinopoma Hardwickei) Deduced From RAPD-PCR Analysis Ramadan A. M. Ali Department of Zoology, College for Women, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt [email protected] Abstract: The RAPD-PCR in the present study was used to determine the genetic variation within and among two Egyptian bat species, Rousettus aegyptiacus and Rhinopoma hardwickei. The animals were captured from one locality at Giza governorate, Egypt. A total of 39 bands were amplified by the three primers OPAO2, OPAO8 and OPCO3 with an average 13 bands per primer at molecular weights ranged from 1409 to 107 bp. The polymorphic loci between both species were 34 with percentage 87.18 %. The numbers of monomorphic bands in Rousettus aegyptiacus aegyptiacus and Rhinopoma hardwickei arabium were 14 and 9 bands, respectively. The two species are sharing 5 (12.8 %) monomorphic bands. The similarity coefficients value between the two bat species was ranged from 0.353 to 0.500 with an average of 0.404 (40.4%). Dendrogram showed that, the two bats genotypes are separated from each other into two clusters and more variation among members of Rhinopoma hardwickei arabium was observed in comparison to those of Rousettus aegyptiacus aegyptiacus. It is concluded that, the similarity coefficient value between the two bat species indicates that, the two bat species may have the same origin but are not identical and separated into two clusters. [Ramadan A. M. Ali Molecular Phylogenetic Relationship Between and Within the Fruit Bat (Rousettus Aegyptiacus) and the Lesser Tailed Bat (Rhinopoma Hardwickei) Deduced From Rapd-Pcr Analysis] Journal of American Science 2011; 7(10): 678-687].(ISSN: 1545-1003).