Recent records of bats (Chiroptera) from Nepal, with remarks on their natural history

Abstract

(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) An annotated list and tables with selected external and craniodental measurements of 23 bat species collected in Nepal by Russian and Hungarian expeditions is given. Specimens of la io, Murina cyclotis and Kerivoula hardwickii represent first records of these species from Nepal while M. csorbai proved to be a new species. A checklist of 51 bat species known to date from the territory of Nepal is provided in the Appendix.