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12. Taphozous melanopogon Temminck, 1841 Black-bearded Tomb Bat New records North Andaman Islands: Ramnagar; Middle Andaman Islands: Baratang Island, Burmadera, Interview Island, Mayabunder, and Nayadera; South Andaman Islands: Chidiatapu, Havelock Island, and Ross Island; Little Andaman Island: Hut Bay. Previous records North Andaman Islands: Landfall Island (ZSIK); Middle Andaman Islands: Webi (HZM). Comments Out of 23 individuals captured 13 were collected. Historically, this species has been recorded to be present from Mandapahar, South Andaman Island (Hill, 1967). Aul et al. (2014) reported the presence of this species from Craggy Island, Chalis Ek, and Chipo in North Andaman Islands; Baratang Island, Interview Island and Mayabunder in Middle Andaman Islands; Ross Island in South Andaman Islands; Rutland Island, V.K. Pur and Hut Bay in Little Andaman Island. This is a widespread species on the Andaman Islands and roosts in bunkers and caves., Published as part of 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, pp. 419-437 in Acta Chiropterologica 19 (2) on page 431, DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2017.19.2.018, http://zenodo.org/record/3942489, {"references":["HILL, J. E. 1967. The bats of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 64: 1 - 9.","AUL, B., P. J. J. BATES, D. L. HARRISON, and G. MARIMUTHU. 2014. Diversity, distribution and status of bats on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Oryx, 48: 204 - 212."]}

10. Hipposideros pomona Andersen, 1918 Andersen���s Roundleaf Bat New records North Andaman Islands: Chalis Ek and Ramnagar; Middle Andaman Islands: Baratang, Burmadera, Havelock Island, Karmatang, and Nayadera; Little Andaman Island: V.K. Pur and Hut Bay. Previous records South Andaman Island: Mount Harriet (ZSIK) and Little Andaman (HZM). Comments Out of 25 individuals captured, 14 specimens were collected. Aul et al. (2014) report this species to be absent from Andaman Islands, but two specimens collected from Little Andaman Island by Ms. Bandana Aul are registered at Harrison Institute, United Kingdom. Furthermore, Aul et al. (2014) report the sightings of H. fulvus from Cliff Bay, Point Island, and Paget Island in North Andaman; from Interview Island, Baratang Island, and Cuthbert Bay in Middle Andaman; and from Little Andaman Island, where it was not detected during the present study. The echolocation calls and baculum structure of the Andaman population, from many sites throughout the islands, confirm the presence of H. pomona on the Andaman Islands. Our surveys, and studies on the specimens collected by Ms. Bandana Aul (HZM 16.34710 and 17.34727), show that the species present on this island archipelago is in fact H. pomona and not H. fulvus, suggesting a clear case of misidentification of the species. Although these species are difficult to discern morphologically, they can be clearly differentiated based on the shape of the noseleaf, structure of the internarial septum, and the length of the phalanges. In H. fulvus the 2ph3mt is subequal to slightly longer than the 1ph3mt, while in H. pomona, 2ph3mt is shorter than 1ph3mt. In H. fulvus the noseleaf is small, and the internarial septum is long and narrow, while in H. pomona, the noseleaf is cup shaped and broad and the internatial septum is parallel sided and robust. The H. pomona specimens from Andaman matched with the typical H. pomona characters. We studied H. pomona from at least 12 locations throughout the Andaman Islands and base our findings on morphological characters and echolocation call characteristics. The present study has also revealed the presence of a new phonotype of H. pomona (provisionally H. cf. pomona, n = 4) from Havelock Island in South Andaman Islands. Distinct echolocation calls, variations in the structure of noseleaf and baculum, and COI gene sequence indicates that this population could potentially be a new species of Hipposideros from the islands., Published as part of 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, pp. 419-437 in Acta Chiropterologica 19 (2) on pages 430-431, DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2017.19.2.018, http://zenodo.org/record/3942489, {"references":["ANDERSEN, K. 1918. Diagnoses of new bats of the families Rhinolophidae and Megadermatidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 9, 2: 374 - 384.","AUL, B., P. J. J. BATES, D. L. HARRISON, and G. MARIMUTHU. 2014. Diversity, distribution and status of bats on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Oryx, 48: 204 - 212."]}

8. Hipposideros diadema E. Geoffroy, 1813 Diadem Roundleaf Bat New record Middle Andaman Islands: Baratang Island. Previous records None. Comments First record for Andaman Islands (Srinivasulu et al., 2016). A single adult female specimen was collected. The specimen is distinctly larger than H. diadema nicobarensis recorded from the Nicobar group of Islands. It showed characters similar to that of the taxon masoni, namely the presence of a small conical bony process from the symphysis of the mandible and the presence of a single median vertical septum forming a small projection above the margin of the fleshy posterior leaf of the noseleaf, dividing the posterior leaf into two large cells, and hence has been listed as H. d. masoni Dobson, 1872. This specimen is also slightly larger than the taxon masoni recorded from Myanmar and the Sunda Islands (see Srinivasulu et al., 2016)., Published as part of 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, pp. 419-437 in Acta Chiropterologica 19 (2) on page 430, DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2017.19.2.018, http://zenodo.org/record/3942489, {"references":["SRINIVASULU, B., A. SRINIVASULU, C. SRINIVASULU, T. H. DAR, A. GOPI, and G. JONES. 2016. First record of the diadem leaf-nosed bat Hipposideros diadema (E. Geoffroy, 1813) (Chiroptera, Hipposideridae) from the Andaman Islands, India with the possible occurrence of a hitherto unreported subspecies. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 8: 9316 - 9321.","DOBSON, G. E. 1872. Brief description of five new species of Rhinolophine bats. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 41: 336 - 338."]}

18. Myotis horsfieldii Temminck, 1840 Horsfield���s Myotis New records Middle Andaman Islands: Bamboo Nullah, Baratang Island, Devpur and Nayadera; Little Andaman Island: V.K. Pur. Previous records Middle Andaman Islands: Webi (HZM); South Andaman Islands: Port Blair (Andersen, 1907; Hill, 1967). Comments The Andaman Island endemic subspecies is M. horsfieldii dryas Andersen, 1907. Out of the 15 individuals captured, eight specimens were collect- ed. Aul et al. (2014) reported the presence of this species from Point Island, Paget Island, North Reef Island, and Smith Island in North Andaman Islands; Interview Island in Middle Andaman Islands, and Little Andaman Island. The endemic subspecies varies from the mainland subspecies, M. h. peshwa, in its bacular morphology. Echolocation Characteristics A total of 556 calls were analysed from 12 species of echolocating bats (including a new phonotype of Hipposideros cf. pomona) from the Andaman Islands. Of these, 378 calls from seven species (R. andamanensis, R. cognatus, H. pomona, M. spasma, P. javanicus camortae, P. coromandra, and M. horsfieldii dryas) were analysed in Bat- Sound, and 187 calls from six species (H. cf. pomona, H. diadema masoni, H. cf. grandis, T. melanopogon, H. tickelli, and T. robustula) were analysed in AnalookW. Of all the calls analysed in BatSound, 100% of FM calls (Overall, Wilk���s �� = 0.001, P P P P, Published as part of 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, pp. 419-437 in Acta Chiropterologica 19 (2) on pages 432-433, DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2017.19.2.018, http://zenodo.org/record/3942489, {"references":["ANDERSEN, K. 1907. Chiropteran notes. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova Giacomo Doria, 3, 43: 5 - 45.","HILL, J. E. 1967. The bats of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 64: 1 - 9.","AUL, B., P. J. J. BATES, D. L. HARRISON, and G. MARIMUTHU. 2014. Diversity, distribution and status of bats on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Oryx, 48: 204 - 212."]}

2. Cynopterus brachyotis (M��ller, 1838) Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat New records North Andaman Islands: Diglipur and Ramnagar; Middle Andaman Islands: Devpur and Nayadera; South Andaman Islands: Dignabad. Previous records North Andaman Islands: Chalis Ek (HZM); South Andaman Islands: Mount Harriet (ZSIK). Comments Cynopterus brachysoma Dobson, 1871, was earlier synonymised under C. sphinx by Bates and Harrison, (1997). However, following Hill (1967), Simmons (2005) and Srinivasulu and Srinivasulu (2012) we consider this taxon as a subspecies of C. brachyotis. Cynopterus brachysoma was described based on an adult female collected by F. Stoliczka on South Andaman Island in 1871 and was later reported from the Andaman Islands by Dobson (1873, 1876) and Anderson (1881). Twenty individuals were captured of which five were collected. Aul et al. (2014) reported the sightings of this species from nine locations in the Andaman Islands. On two occasions we collected both C. sphinx and C. brachyotis at the same time. A detailed study is currently being undertaken to compare this species with C. sphinx on the islands. We feel that this genus, presently represented on the islands by C. sphinx and C. brachyotis, to be more diverse than is currently known. During the present study, we observed numerous variations among the voucher specimens of this genus, and preliminary analysis of the cytochrome oxydase I (COI) gene and morphological studies on these specimens suggest that the taxonomy of Andamanese Cynopterus must be further resolved., Published as part of 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, pp. 419-437 in Acta Chiropterologica 19 (2) on pages 426-427, DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2017.19.2.018, http://zenodo.org/record/3942489, {"references":["DOBSON, G. E. 1871. Description of four new species of Malayan bats from the collection of Dr. Stoliczka. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 40: 260 - 267.","HILL, J. E. 1967. The bats of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 64: 1 - 9.","SIMMONS, N. B. 2005. Order Chiroptera. Pp. 312 - 529, in Mammal species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference, 3 rd edition (D. E. WILSON and D. M. REEDER, eds.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, xxxv + 2142 pp.","SRINIVASULU, C., and B. SRINIVASULU. 2012. South Asian mammals: their diversity, distribution and status. Springer, New York, xii + 467 pp.","DOBSON, G. E. 1873. On the Pteropidae of India and its islands, with descriptions of new or little known species. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 42: 194 - 205.","DOBSON, G. E. 1876. Monograph of the Asiatic Chiroptera and catalogue of the species of bats in the collection of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Taylor and Francis, London, 251 pp.","ANDERSON, J. 1881. Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Part 1. Primates, Prosimiae, Chiroptera and Insectivora. Order of the Trustees of Indian Museum, Calcutta, 375 pp.","AUL, B., P. J. J. BATES, D. L. HARRISON, and G. MARIMUTHU. 2014. Diversity, distribution and status of bats on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Oryx, 48: 204 - 212."]}

5. Pteropus melanotus Blyth, 1863 Black-eared Flying Fox New record South Andaman Islands: East Twin Island. Previous records South Andaman Islands: No exact location (ZSIK); Rutland Island, South Sentinel Island, and Port Blair (Mason, 1908; Hill, 1971). Comments The Andaman Island specimens belong to the subspecies P. m. tytleri. Only four specimens were captured and collected. Historically, this species was reported from Rutland Island, South Sentinel Island, and Port Blair (Mason, 1908; Hill, 1971). Aul et al. (2014) reported the sightings of this species from Paget Island, Kwagtung Island, and Landfall Island in North Andaman Islands; Interview Island in Middle Andaman Islands, and Boat Island and Rutland Island in South Andaman Islands. Two specimens labeled P. melanotus from Barren Island ��� collected by Ms. Bandana Aul in the collection of Harrison Institute (HZM 1.34461 and 2.37630) ��� are misidentified P. hypomelanus owing to their smaller forearm length (FA P. m. tytleri was located on the East Twin Island, and these bats were seen feeding on East Twin Island and Rutland Island in the South Andaman Islands., Published as part of 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, pp. 419-437 in Acta Chiropterologica 19 (2) on page 427, DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2017.19.2.018, http://zenodo.org/record/3942489, {"references":["BLYTH, E. 1863. The Zoology of Andaman Islands. Appendix to Mouat Fredrick, J. ' s \" Adventures and researches among the Andaman Islanders \". Hurst and Blackett, London: 345 - 367.","MASON, G. E. 1908. On the fruit bats of the genus Pteropus inhabiting the Andaman and Nicobar Archipelagos, with the description of a new species. Records of the Indian Museum, 2: 159 - 166.","HILL, J. E. 1971. A note on Pteropus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) from the Andaman Islands. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 68: 1 - 8.","AUL, B., P. J. J. BATES, D. L. HARRISON, and G. MARIMUTHU. 2014. Diversity, distribution and status of bats on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Oryx, 48: 204 - 212."]}

9. Hipposideros grandis G. M. Allen, 1934 Grand Roundleaf Bat New records Little Andaman Island: Hut Bay, V.K. Pur, Kalapather, Patak Tikri and Sundarpur. Previous records Little Andaman Island: no exact location (HZM). Comments Ten individuals were captured out of which four specimens were collected. The external and craniodental measurements of the voucher specimens match with that of H. grandis. Earlier this population was assigned to H. larvatus by Aul et al. (2014). We follow Kruskop (2015) in delineating the ranges of H. grandis and H. larvatus, with the former occurring in India, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, and the latter in Java, Malay Peninsula, Borneo and Sumatra. The bacular morphology of these two taxa varies significantly, and shows a greater degree of plasticity in many isolated insular populations (Kruskop, 2015). The baculum structure of the Andaman specimens also varies from that of H. grandis from Vietnam (Kruskop, 2015), thus prompting us to list them as H. cf. grandis. A study aimed at resolving the taxonomic status of H. cf. grandis from the Andaman Islands is under preparation., Published as part of 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, pp. 419-437 in Acta Chiropterologica 19 (2) on page 430, DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2017.19.2.018, http://zenodo.org/record/3942489, {"references":["AUL, B., P. J. J. BATES, D. L. HARRISON, and G. MARIMUTHU. 2014. Diversity, distribution and status of bats on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Oryx, 48: 204 - 212.","KRUSKOP, S. V. 2015. Dull and bright: cryptic diversity within the Hipposideros larvatus group in Indochina (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae). Lynx (N. S.), 46: 29 - 42."]}

16. Tylonycteris pachypus (Temminck, 1840) Lesser Bamboo Bat New record None. Previous records Middle Andaman Islands: Karmatang (HZM; Aul et al., 2014); Webi (Aul, 2014); South Andaman Islands: (Dobson, 1876; Hill, 1967). Comments Tylonycteris pachypus has been reported from Middle and South Andaman Islands (Dobson, 1876; Hill, 1967; Aul et al., 2014; Aul, 2014). However, we did not detect this species during the present study. The specimens collected by Aul (2014) were deposited in the collection of the Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata and also in the Natural History Museum, New Delhi. The specimens housed in Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata could not be traced, while those housed in Natural History Museum, New Delhi, got destroyed due to fire., Published as part of 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, pp. 419-437 in Acta Chiropterologica 19 (2) on page 432, DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2017.19.2.018, http://zenodo.org/record/3942489, {"references":["AUL, B., P. J. J. BATES, D. L. HARRISON, and G. MARIMUTHU. 2014. Diversity, distribution and status of bats on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Oryx, 48: 204 - 212.","DOBSON, G. E. 1876. Monograph of the Asiatic Chiroptera and catalogue of the species of bats in the collection of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Taylor and Francis, London, 251 pp.","HILL, J. E. 1967. The bats of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 64: 1 - 9."]}

13. Hesperoptenus tickelli (Blyth, 1851) Tickell���s Bat New records North Andaman Islands: Chipo; Middle Andaman: Devpur. Previous records North Andaman Islands: Wright Myo (ZSIK; Hill, 1967), Chipo (HZM). Comments Only two specimens ��� one each from Chipo, North Andaman, and Devpur, Middle Andaman ��� were collected. Aul et al. (2014) reported the presence of this species from Chalis Ek in North Andaman Islands; Interview Island and Webi in Middle Andaman Islands; and Havelock Island in South Andaman Islands., Published as part of 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, pp. 419-437 in Acta Chiropterologica 19 (2) on page 431, DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2017.19.2.018, http://zenodo.org/record/3942489, {"references":["HILL, J. E. 1967. The bats of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 64: 1 - 9.","AUL, B., P. J. J. BATES, D. L. HARRISON, and G. MARIMUTHU. 2014. Diversity, distribution and status of bats on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Oryx, 48: 204 - 212."]}

7. Rhinolophus cognatus Andersen, 1906 Andaman Horseshoe Bat New records Middle Andaman Islands: Baratang Island and Interview Island. Previous records North Andaman Islands: Narcondam Island (ZSIK), Point Island (HZM) and an unknown location on North Central Andaman (ZSIK); Middle Andaman Islands: Interview Island (HZM); South Andaman: Mount Harriet (ZSIK). Comments Endemic to Andaman Islands. Fifteen individuals were captured out of which seven specimens were collected. Historically this species has been recorded to be present on Narcondam Island, North Central Andaman Island, and Port Blair (Andersen, 1906, 1918; Sinha, 1973). Aul et al. (2014) reported the sightings of this species from North Reef Island, Smith Island, Gandhinagar, Chalis Ek, and Saddle Peak in North Andaman Islands; Interview Island and Baratang Island in Middle Andaman Islands; and Little Andaman Island. This species seemed to be common (vide Aul et al., 2014) on the Andaman Islands before the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. We could not detect the species from other locations reported earlier and so assume that the tsunami had a negative effect on this species. Where the species is present we found their numbers to be very few ��� ranging from 50 to 200 individuals. R. cognatus is represented by two subspecies on the islands, the nominotypic subspecies, R. c. cognatus, is from the South Andaman Islands, with its type locality recorded as Port Blair (Andersen, 1906), while the second, smaller (Sinha, 1973) subspecies, R. c. famulus, is from the North and Middle Islands, with its type locality recorded as North Central Island (Andersen, 1918)., Published as part of 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, pp. 419-437 in Acta Chiropterologica 19 (2) on page 429, DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2017.19.2.018, http://zenodo.org/record/3942489, {"references":["ANDERSEN, K. 1906. On some new or little-known bats of the genus Rhinolophus in the collection of the Museo Civico, Genoa. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova Giacomo Doria, 3, 2: 173 - 195.","ANDERSEN, K. 1918. Diagnoses of new bats of the families Rhinolophidae and Megadermatidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 9, 2: 374 - 384.","SINHA, Y. P. 1973. Taxonomic studies on the Indian horseshoe bats of the genus Rhinolophus Lacepede. Mammalia, 37: 603 - 630.","AUL, B., P. J. J. BATES, D. L. HARRISON, and G. MARIMUTHU. 2014. Diversity, distribution and status of bats on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Oryx, 48: 204 - 212."]}

11. Megaderma spasma (Linnaeus, 1758) Lesser False Vampire Bat New records Middle Andaman Islands: Baratang, Interview Island, and Nayadera. Previous records Middle Andaman Islands: Webi (HZM) and Wright Myo (Hill, 1967). Comments Out of 12 individuals captured, five specimens were collected. Aul et al. (2014) reported the presence of this species from Gandhinagar, Chalis Ek, and Saddle Peak in North Andaman Islands; Interview Island, Mayabunder, and Pachvati in Middle Andaman Islands; and Outram Island, Henry Lawrence Islands, Havelock Island in South Andaman Islands, and Little Andaman Island. Megaderma spasma is a widespread species on the Andaman Islands albeit sporadically recorded during the present study. It prefers forested tracts and has been observed to roosts in tree hollows, culverts, and caves., Published as part of 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, pp. 419-437 in Acta Chiropterologica 19 (2) on page 431, DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2017.19.2.018, http://zenodo.org/record/3942489, {"references":["HILL, J. E. 1967. The bats of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 64: 1 - 9.","AUL, B., P. J. J. BATES, D. L. HARRISON, and G. MARIMUTHU. 2014. Diversity, distribution and status of bats on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Oryx, 48: 204 - 212."]}

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., Published as part of 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, pp. 419-437 in Acta Chiropterologica 19 (2) on page 427, DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2017.19.2.018, http://zenodo.org/record/3942489, {"references":["DOBSON, G. E. 1871. Description of four new species of Malayan bats from the collection of Dr. Stoliczka. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 40: 260 - 267.","BHATTACHARYA, T. P. 1975. Occurrence of Dobson's long tongu- ed fruit bat, Eonycteris spelaea (Dobson) (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) in the Andaman Islands, India. Science Culture, 41: 317 - 318.","AUL, B., P. J. J. BATES, D. L. HARRISON, and G. MARIMUTHU. 2014. Diversity, distribution and status of bats on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Oryx, 48: 204 - 212."]}

6. Rhinolophus andamanensis Dobson, 1872 Homfray���s Horseshoe Bat New records North Andaman Islands: Burmadera, Chalis Ek, Chipo, Interview Island, and Ramnagar; Middle Andaman Islands: Baratang Island; Little Andaman Island: Hut Bay and V.K. Pur. Previous records North Andaman Islands: Diglipur (ZSIK) and base of Saddle Peak (HZM); Middle Andaman Islands: Interview Island (ZSIK); South Andaman Islands: Mount Harriet (ZSIK). Comments Endemic to Andaman Islands. Sixty-five individuals were captured of which 22 specimens were collected from many locations throughout the Islands from North Andaman (the northernmost sighting was from Chipo) to Little Andaman Island. R. andamanensis was originally describ- ed as a distinct form, though Dobson (1872: 337) stated that it ���resembles R. affinis, and may be referred to the same section of the genus���. Andersen (1905 a, 1905 b) observed that it might be the local representative of R. affinis on the islands. Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951) listed this taxon as a distinct species, though placing it under R. affinis. Sinha (1973) treated this taxon as a subspecies of R. affinis, but Bates and Harrison (1997) synonymized it with R. affinis. Srinivasulu and Srinivasulu (2012) listed it as a subspecies of R. affinis. Aul et al. (2014) misidentified this taxon as R. yunnanensis (we later inspected her collections and found them to be misidentified specimens of R. andamanensis) and reported the sightings from Paget Island, East Island, Gandhinagar, Chalis Ek, and Saddle Peak in North Andaman Islands; Interview Island, Baratang Island, and Strait Island in Middle Andaman Islands, and Little Andaman Island. Though similar to R. yunnanensis in size, the aspects that visibly separate the two taxa are the presence of three grooves on the lower lip in R. andamanensis as opposed to presence of a single groove in R. yunnanensis, and characteristic differences in the shape of the sella. R. andamanensis is separate from R. affinis under which it has been synonymized, due to its morphometrics, COI gene sequence and echolocation characteristics., Published as part of 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, pp. 419-437 in Acta Chiropterologica 19 (2) on page 429, DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2017.19.2.018, http://zenodo.org/record/3942489, {"references":["DOBSON, G. E. 1872. Brief description of five new species of Rhinolophine bats. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 41: 336 - 338.","ANDERSEN, K. 1905 a. A list of the species and subspecies of the genus Rhinolophus, with some notes on their geographical distribution. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 7, 16: 648 - 662.","ANDERSEN, K. 1905 b. On some bats of the genus Rhinolophus, with remarks on their mutual affinities, and descriptions of twenty-six new forms. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 2: 75 - 145.","SINHA, Y. P. 1973. Taxonomic studies on the Indian horseshoe bats of the genus Rhinolophus Lacepede. Mammalia, 37: 603 - 630.","BATES, P. J. J., and D. L. HARRISON. 1997. Bats of the Indian Sub-continent. Harrison Zoological Museum Publication, Sevenoaks, UK, xvi + 258 pp.","SRINIVASULU, C., and B. SRINIVASULU. 2012. South Asian mammals: their diversity, distribution and status. Springer, New York, xii + 467 pp.","AUL, B., P. J. J. BATES, D. L. HARRISON, and G. MARIMUTHU. 2014. Diversity, distribution and status of bats on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Oryx, 48: 204 - 212."]}

15. Pipistrellus coromandra (Gray, 1838) Indian Pipistrelle New records Middle Andaman Islands: Bamboo Nullah and Devpur. Previous records None. Comments Out of six individuals captured, two specimens were collected. This is the first specimenbased record of this species from Andaman Islands., Published as part of 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, pp. 419-437 in Acta Chiropterologica 19 (2) on page 432, DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2017.19.2.018, http://zenodo.org/record/3942489

Family Pteropodidae Gray, 1821 The fruit bat diversity of the Andaman Islands is represented by five species. These include two endemic subspecies, Cynopterus brachyotis brachysoma and Pteropus melanotus tytleri., Published as part of 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, pp. 419-437 in Acta Chiropterologica 19 (2) on page 425, DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2017.19.2.018, http://zenodo.org/record/3942489

17. Tylonycteris robustula Thomas, 1915 Greater Bamboo Bat New record North Andaman Islands: Chipo. Previous records None. Comments This is for the first time this species has been recorded from the Andaman Islands. Two specimens were collected in a bamboo forest. These specimens have been provisionally identified as T. robustula based on the structure of the baculum (Hill and Harrison, 1987)., Published as part of 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, pp. 419-437 in Acta Chiropterologica 19 (2) on page 432, DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2017.19.2.018, http://zenodo.org/record/3942489, {"references":["HILL, J. E., and D. L. HARRISON. 1987. The baculum in the Vespertilionidae (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) with a systematic review, a synopsis of Pipistrellus and Eptesicus, and the description of a new genus and subgenus. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zoology), 52: 225 - 305."]}

1. Cynopterus sphinx (Vahl, 1797) Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat New records North Andaman Islands: Chipo, Diglipur, and Ramnagar; Middle Andaman Islands: Baratang Island, Burmadera, Interview Island, Nayadera, and Webi; South Andaman Islands: Dignabad, Port Blair, and Neil Island. T ABLE 1. External measurements (in mm, expressed as 0 �� SD) of the 17 species of bats captured during the survey, including forearm length (FA), head-and-body length (HB), tail length ( Previous records North Andaman Islands: Chalis Ek (HZM), Ramnagar (HZM); Middle Andaman Islands: Rangat (ZSIK); South Andaman Islands: Port Blair (ZSIK; Hill, 1967); Chidiatapu (ZSIK; reported as Mandapahar by Hill, 1967). Comments Fifty-five specimens were captured of which 12 specimens were collected. Variations with respect to hair length, pelage colouration and the shade and extent of white on ear margin and digits were observed. Aul et al. (2014) reported the sightings of this species from 27 locations in the Andaman Islands and opined the presence of hitherto undescribed Cynopterus species on the Andaman Islands. As per current taxonomic knowledge, we refer to C. sphinx on the islands by C. s. andamanensis (Andersen, 1912), and also suspect the presence of C. s. scherzeri on the islands alongside C. s. andamanensis. Variations among populations of C. sphinx have been observed and a study is currently underway comparing variations among the populations on the Andaman Islands, with those on the mainland., Published as part of 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, pp. 419-437 in Acta Chiropterologica 19 (2) on pages 425-426, DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2017.19.2.018, http://zenodo.org/record/3942489, {"references":["HILL, J. E. 1967. The bats of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 64: 1 - 9.","AUL, B., P. J. J. BATES, D. L. HARRISON, and G. MARIMUTHU. 2014. Diversity, distribution and status of bats on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Oryx, 48: 204 - 212.","ANDERSEN, K. 1912. Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the collection of the British Museum, 2 nd edition. Volume 1. Megachiroptera. British Museum (Natural History), London, 854 pp."]}

14. Pipistrellus javanicus Gray, 1838 Javan Pipistrelle New records North Andaman Islands: Chipo; Middle Andaman Islands: Bamboo Nullah, Devpur, Junglighat, and Webi; Little Andaman Island: Hut Bay. Previous records Middle Andaman Islands: Webi (HZM); South Andaman Islands: Port Blair (ZSIK; Das, 1990). Comments Andaman and Nicobar endemic subspecies. Of the 10 individuals captured, seven specimens were collected. Aul et al. (2014) reported the presence of this species from East Island, Point Island, Smith Island, and West Island in North Andaman Islands; Baratang Island, Long Island, and Mayabunder in Middle Andaman Islands, and Little Andaman Island. Our specimens, basing on the COI gene and bacular morphology, were identified as P. javanicus camortae following Soota and Chaturvedi (1980)., Published as part of 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, pp. 419-437 in Acta Chiropterologica 19 (2) on pages 431-432, DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2017.19.2.018, http://zenodo.org/record/3942489, {"references":["DAS, P. K. 1990. Occurrence of Pipistrellus camortae Miller, 1902 (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in the Andaman Islands, with comments on its taxonomic status. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 87: 135 - 137.","AUL, B., P. J. J. BATES, D. L. HARRISON, and G. MARIMUTHU. 2014. Diversity, distribution and status of bats on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Oryx, 48: 204 - 212.","CHATURVEDI, Y. 1980. Mammals of the Andamans and Nicobars: their zoogeography and faunal affinity. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 77: 127 - 139."]}