Recent surveys of bats from the Andaman Islands, India: diversity, distribution, and echolocation characteristics Author Srinivasulu, Chelmala Wildlife Biology and Taxonomy Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana State 500007, India & Systematics, Ecology and Conservation Laboratory, Zoo Outreach Organization, 96, Kumudham Nagar, Vilankurichi Road, Coimbatore 641035, India & Corresponding author: E-mail: chelmalasrinivasulu @ gmail. com chelmalasrinivasulu@gmail.com Author Srinivasulu, Aditya Biodiversity Research and Conservation Society, 303 Nestcon Orchid, Kanajiguda, Tirumalgiri, Secunderabad, Telangana State 500015, India Author Srinivasulu, Bhargavi Wildlife Biology and Taxonomy Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana State 500007, India & Systematics, Ecology and Conservation Laboratory, Zoo Outreach Organization, 96, Kumudham Nagar, Vilankurichi Road, Coimbatore 641035, India Author Gopi, Asad Wildlife Biology and Taxonomy Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana State 500007, India Author Dar, Tauseef Hamid Wildlife Biology and Taxonomy Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana State 500007, India Author Bates, Paul J. J. Harrison Institute, Bowerwood House, 15 St Botolph’s Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN 13 3 AQ, United Kingdom Author Rossiter, Stephen J. School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London E 1 4 NS, United Kingdom Author Jones, Gareth School of Biological Sciences, Life Sciences Building, 24 Tyndall Avenue, University of Bristol, Bristol BS 8 1 TQ, United Kingdom text Acta Chiropterologica 2017 2017-12-01 19 2 419 437 journal article 21510 10.3161/15081109ACC2017.19.2.018 3dd13da9-cccb-45a4-862c-d0ffcf9c21a9 1733-5329 3942489 Family Vespertilionidae Gray, 1821 The family Vespertilionidae was the most species-rich group with six species — including two endemic subspecies — recorded from the Andaman Islands. Hesperoptenus tickelli , Tylonycteris pachypus and T. robustula are the forest-dwelling species. Tylonycteris species are bamboo-dependent and have been observed in forests with lush growth of bamboo. Pipistrellus coromandra occurs in forested tracts, while P. javanicus camortae was recorded mostly in human-dominated habitats and sometimes in the forested tracts. Myotis horsfieldii dryas was recorded only in forests and was found roosting in caves and tree hollows.