Hesperoptenus (Milithronycteris) tickelli (Blyth 1851)

[Nycticejus] tickelli Blyth 1851, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 20: 157.

Type Locality: India, Bihar, Chaibassa (restricted by J. Anderson, 1881).

Vernacular Names: Tickell's Bat.

Synonyms: Hesperoptenus (Milithronycteris) isabellinus Horsfield 1851; Hesperoptenus (Milithronycteris) isabellinus Kelaart 1850 .

Distribution: India (including Andaman Isls), Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, perhaps SW China.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Milithronycteris . Reviewed by Bates and Harrison (1997) and Hendrichsen et al. (2001 b).