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Results of a recent bat survey in Upper Myanmar including new records from the Kachin forests
(Museum and Institute of Zoology PAS, 2005)
Recent studies have shown the importance of Myanmar for the conservation of bat diversity. In March–April,
2003, twenty-five localities in Kachin and Shan States and Mandalay and Sagaing Divisions in Upper Myanmar
were ...
A new species of Kerivoula (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from Myanmar (Burma)
(Museum and Institute of Zoology PAS, 2004)
A new species of Kerivoula is described. Currently, it is known only from Namdee Forest in southern Kachin
State, Myanmar. Externally, superficially similar to Kerivoula papillosa and with a dentition comparable to that
of ...
A new species of Murina (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from sub-Himalayan forests of northern Myanmar
(Zootaxa, 2017)
A new species of Murina of the suilla-type is described from the Hkakabo Razi Landscape, Kachin, Upper Myanmar, an
area that is currently being nominated as a World Heritage Site. The new species is a small vespertilionid, ...
The rediscovery of the Common Water Monitor Lizard Varanus salvator (Squamata: Varanidae) in northern Myanmar
(Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2016)
On 09 June 2015, a Common Water Monitor Varanus salvator (Laurenti, 1768) was observed and photographed (Image 1) on the Campus of Banmaw University, Banmaw (Bhamo), Kachin State, Myanmar (24˚ 18' 15" N and 97˚ 15' 52" E). ...
First record of Bourret's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus paradoxolophus (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae) from Myanmar with a review of the taxonomy, distribution and ecology of the species
(Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2017)
Two specimens of Bourret’s Horseshoe Bat, Rhinolophus
paradoxolophus, were recently collected from near Kalaw, western
Shan State, Myanmar. They represent the first country record of the
species as well as a considerable ...
Nonbreeding Bird Communities Along an Urban–Rural Gradient of a Tropical City in Central Myanmar
(Tropical Conservation Science, 2016)
Urbanization is known to be a major driver in abundance and species richness of birds. However, how birds respond to
urbanization in tropical cities is understudied in general and entirely absent from Myanmar. We conducted ...
Hill forest dweller: a new cryptic species of Rhinolophus in the ‘pusillus group’ (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae) from Thailand and Lao PDR
(Museum and Institute of Zoology PAS, 2016)
A new species of Rhinolophus in the pusillus group is described from Ratchaburi, Kamphaeng Phet and Loei Provinces where it was
found in evergreen forest at elevations ranging from 550 to 1,320 m a.s.l. It is distinguished ...
Some recent evidence of the presence of the Critically Endangered Gyps vulture populations in northern Shan State, Myanmar
(Journal of Threatened Taxa Building evidence for conservation globally, 2019)
Presence of the Critically Endangered Gyps vulture populations in northern Shan State, Myanmar. On 27 November 2018, we observed a flock of G. bengalensis, G. tenuirostris, and G. himalayanensis in Man Sant Village, Mong ...
Pilot biodiversity assessment of the Hkakabo Razi passerine avifauna in northern Myanmar – implications for conservation from molecular genetics
(Bird Conservation International, 2019)
The Hkakabo Razi region located in northern Myanmar is an Important Bird Area and part of the Eastern Himalayan Biodiversity Hotspot. Within the framework of the World Heritage Convention to enlist the site under criterion ...