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Dormer’s Bat Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Scotozous dormeri
Family : Vespertilionidae
Order : Chiroptera
Class : Mammalia
Phylum : Chordata
Other Name : Dormer’s Pipistrelle
Habitat : Forest, Shrubland, Desert
Description : Found in tropical to semi arid climes and near human habitations in both rural and urban landscapes. It roosts in cracks, crevices, holes in old temples, old disused buildings and tombs and in holes in large trees in colonies of 2-24 individuals. It is a late flyer, hunts close to its roosting site and flies steadily.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Rhinopoma hardwickii
(Lesser Mouse-tailed Bat) -
Rousettus leschenaultii
(Fulvous Fruit Bat) -
Megaderma lyra
(Greater False Vampire) -
Rhinolophus pearsonii
(Pearson’s Horse-shoe Bat) -
Chaerephon plicatus
(Wrinkle-lipped Free-tailed Bat) -
Scotophilus heathii
(Greater Asiatic Yellow House Bat) -
Rhinolophus lepidus
(Blyth’s Horseshoe Bat) -
Scotomanes ornatus
(Harlequin Bat) -
Saccolaimus saccolaimus
(Bare-rumped Sheathtail-bat) -
Scotophilus kuhlii
(Lesser Asiatic Yellow House Bat)
References:
description written by:Asad U. Tanvir,Department of Zoology,Jagannath University,Dhaka; reviewed by:Muntasir Akash,Department of Zoology,University of Dhaka;Taxonomic Checklist:Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals, 2015, IUCN; information sources:iucnredlist.org. ; photo credit:mike_hoit(www.inaturalist.org/people/mike_hoit), photo copyright: iNaturalist.more information please contact with us.
description written by:Asad U. Tanvir,Department of Zoology,Jagannath University,Dhaka; reviewed by:Muntasir Akash,Department of Zoology,University of Dhaka;Taxonomic Checklist:Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals, 2015, IUCN; information sources:iucnredlist.org. ; photo credit:mike_hoit(www.inaturalist.org/people/mike_hoit), photo copyright: iNaturalist.more information please contact with us.