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The Status of Nepal's Mammals: The National Red List Series - IUCN

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assessment <strong>of</strong> the extinction risk <strong>of</strong> this species in<br />

Nepal.<br />

Legal <strong>Status</strong><br />

<strong>National</strong> Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 2029<br />

(1973).<br />

<strong>National</strong> Distribution<br />

Occurs in the Terai and mid-hills <strong>of</strong> east Nepal,<br />

Biratnagar in Morang district and Jhapa in the<br />

eastern Terai.<br />

Distribution outside Nepal<br />

Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia,<br />

Myanmar; Sri Lanka, Thailand.<br />

Main Threats<br />

• Disturbance to roosting sites.<br />

References<br />

Worth & Shah 1969, Bates and Harrison 1997, Molur et al. 2002, Baral and Shah 2008,<br />

Thapa 2009c, Thapa et al. in press.

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