Kerivoula picta (Pallas, 1767)

Saikia, Uttam, Ngaomei, Gaikhuanlung & Meetei, A. B., 2020, Some noteworthy bat (Mammalia: Chiroptera) records from Manipur State, Northeastern India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 120 (1), pp. 41-48 : 43

Kerivoula picta (Pallas, 1767)

An adult female specimen ( V /M/ERS/502) was collected apparently inside a cow shed during day time at Toubul village (24.760550 N, 93.789160 E, 760 m) in Bishnupur district of Manipur on the 10th May , 2018. The village is situated on the bank of Loktak Lake and surrounded by farmlands on three sides. The live specimen had a distinctive light golden brown dorsal fur and ventral pelage was a little paler. The wing membrane was black except for the orange metacarpels and the adjacent skin. Ears and muzzle and interfemoral membrane were also orange coloured ( Plate 1 ). Because of the unique colour pattern, this bat was easily identifiable and hence the cranium was not extracted. In South East Asia, this lesser known species was recorded in dry deciduous forests and found among dried leaves of banana, dry grass, flowers, and weaver bird nests and in sugar cane fields ( Hutson et al., 2008). Since the Manipur specimen was caught inside a shed without much natural vegetation around, this species also likely inhabit in anthropogenic landscape .

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Plate 1. Landscape of the bat collection localities in Tamenglong district, Manipur.