FIRST RECORD OF LESSER FALSE VAMPIRE BAT (MEGADERMA SPASMA LINNAEUS, 1758)IN GIR NATIONAL PARK & SANCTUARY

摘要

On May 10,2008, during my research on Striped Hyena Hyaena hyaena in Gir National Park and Sanctuary, I and my field assistant were in the Chodawadi range of the Park. We were approaching Dungarphadi a permanent water body at Ardak river for searchingactive dens and other evidence ofStriped Hyena. There was no road or trail to Dungarphadi; it was a savannah type forest. After some time we started walking along a dry stream. After a few hundred metres walk, I located a sandy den (21° 08' 02.5" N; 70° 51' 08.7" E) and entered it cautiously. The den was an abandoned Indian