Meghalaya has yielded India\u2019s first bamboo-dwelling bat with sticky disks, taking the species count of the flying mammal in the country to 130.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The disc-footed bat (Eudiscopus denticulus) was recorded in the north-eastern State\u2019s Lailad area near the Nongkhyllem Wildlife Sanctuary, about 1,000 km west of its nearest known habitat in Myanmar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are a couple of other bamboo-dwelling bats in India. But the extent of adaptation for bamboo habitat in this species is not seen in the others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The flattened skull and sticky pads enabled the bats to roost inside cramped spaces, clinging to smooth surfaces such as bamboo internodes. The disc-footed bat was also found to be genetically very different from all other known bats bearing disc-like pads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Scientists analysed the very high frequency echolocation calls of the disc-footed bat, which was suitable for orientation in a cluttered environment such as inside bamboo groves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The disc-footed bat has raised Meghalaya\u2019s bat count to 66, the most for any State in India. It has also helped add a genus and species to the bat fauna of India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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