Eonycteris spelaea ( Dobson, 1871 ), Lesser Dawn Bat

Srinivasulu, Chelmala, Srinivasulu, Aditya, Srinivasulu, Bhargavi, Gopi, Asad, Dar, Tauseef Hamid, Bates, Paul J. J., Rossiter, Stephen J. & Jones, Gareth, 2017, Recent surveys of bats from the Andaman Islands, India: diversity, distribution, and echolocation characteristics, Acta Chiropterologica 19 (2), pp. 419-437 : 427

3. Eonycteris spelaea ( Dobson, 1871)

Lesser Dawn Bat

New records

North Andaman Islands: Chalis Ek; Middle Andaman Islands: Baratang Island and Webi; South Andaman Islands: Rutland Island; Little Andaman Island: Hut Bay and V.K. Pur.

Previous records

North Andaman Islands: Diglipur (ZSIK) and Long Island (HZM); Middle Andaman Islands: Mayabunder (ZSIK); South Andaman Islands: Chidiatapu ( Bhattacharya, 1975) and Wright Myo (ZSIK).

Comments

Thirty-five individuals were captured of which seven specimens were collected. Aul et al. (2014) reported the sightings of this species from eight locations in the North and Middle Andaman Islands. During the present study, we collected this species from limestone caves on Rutland Island and Little Andaman Island, in addition to the previously reported localities. This species was recorded from many localities throughout the islands.