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Start learning 50% faster. Sign in nowScientists have discovered a new species of bamboo-dwelling bat in Ri Bhoi district of Meghalaya. The species, found near the Nongkhyllem Wildlife Sanctuary, has been named Glischropus meghalayanus. The newly discovered species is small in size and has a dark brown colour with sulphur yellow belly. Bamboo-dwelling bats are a particular kind of bats living in the internodes of bamboos with specialised morphological characters that help them to adopt to the life inside a bamboo. The total number of bat species known from India stands at 131. Meghalaya, a State with a small geographical area, harbours the highest bat diversity in the country with 67 species, which is about 51% of total bat species in the country. About Meghalaya: Capital: Shillong Governor: Satya Pal Malik Chief Minister: Conrad Sangma
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