Hipposideros armiger Hodgson, 1835

Saikia, Uttam, 2018, A report on chiropterological investigations in some major caves of East Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya, India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (4), pp. 405-412 : 407

1. Hipposideros armiger Hodgson, 1835

Material examined: ♂ ZSIS-360, Krem Khlieshnong, E.J.H., Meghalaya, Coll. U Saikia, 15.12.2015 and three released individuals .

Remarks: Apparently a common bat in cave Labit 1 although no roosting colonies were observed. On 11th November, 2014, several dead animals caught for consumption were observed with local hunters who regularly kill these bats using improvised fishing nets set in front of the cave mouth. A preferred catch for local hunters, they informed about the existence of a large colony of this bat until a few years back in Krem Labit but their population has significantly declined in recent time because of hunting. A small colony of 15-20 individuals of this bat was observed inside cave Khlieshnong.