Status of the world's smallest mammal, the bumble-bee bat Craseonycteris thonglongyai, in Myanmar

• Published in: Oryx Vol. 40; no. 4; pp. 456 - 463
• Main Authors: Pereira, Maria João Ramos, Rebelo, Hugo, Teeling, Emma C., O'Brien, Stephen J., Mackie, Iain, Bu, Si Si Hla, Swe, Khin Maung, Khin, Mie Mie, Bates, Paul J.J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.10.2006
• Subjects: Bats; Bumble-bee bat; Caves; Chiroptera; Craseonycteris thonglongyai; Cytochrome; cytochrome b; distribution; echolocation; genetics; Morphology; Myanmar; Phylogenetics; Polls & surveys; Zoology; Sweden; Myanmar (Burma); United Kingdom > UK; Thailand; Portugal; Myanmar; Bumble-bee bat; Myanmar; echolocation; genetics; Craseonycteris thonglongyai; distribution; Chiroptera; cytochrome b

The bumble-bee bat Craseonycteris thonglongyai of the monospecific family Craseonycteridae is categorized as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. First discovered in 1973, it was until recently only known from a small population of approximately 2,300 individuals restricted to the catchment area of the...