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Meghalaya records India’s first bat with sticky disks
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April 18, 2021 16:47 IST
Eudiscopus denticulus was recorded from the Lailad area near the Nongkhyllem Wildlife Sanctuary, about 1,000 km west of its nearest known habitat in Myanmar
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Disk-footed bat recorded for the first time in India. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
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Eudiscopus denticulus was recorded from the Lailad area near the Nongkhyllem Wildlife Sanctuary, about 1,000 km west of its nearest known habitat in Myanmar Meghalaya has yielded India’s first bamboo-dwelling bat with sticky disks, taking the species count of the flying mammal in the country to 130.
The disk-footed bat (