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Painted Bat
The painted bat (''Kerivoula picta'') or painted wooly bat is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is also known as "butterfly bat" (''projapoti badur''), "rongin chamchika" (coloured bat) or "komola-badami chamchika" (orange-brown bat) in Bengali language, Bengali. Habitat It is found in Bangladesh (in forested areas, especially in Dhaka Division), Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam. It is found in arid woodland and is fairly uncommon. The bat had been spotted for the last time in Bangladesh in 1888 according to ''The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma, The Fauna of British India'' by William Thomas Blanford, W.T. Blanford. On Bangladesh Red List published in 2015 by International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN and the Forest Department (Bangladesh), Forest Department of Bangladesh, the bat was described as "data deficient". The IUCN classifies ''Kerivoula picta'' as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Simon Pallas
Peter Simon Pallas Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS FRSE (22 September 1741 – 8 September 1811) was a Prussia, Prussian zoologist, botanist, Ethnography, ethnographer, Exploration, explorer, Geography, geographer, Geology, geologist, Natural history, natural historian, and Taxonomy, taxonomist. He studied natural sciences at various universities in Germany in the early modern period, early modern Germany and worked primarily in the Russian Empire between 1767 and 1810. Life and work Peter Simon Pallas was born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, the son of Professor of Surgery Simon Pallas. He studied with private tutors and took an interest in natural history, later attending the University of Halle and the University of Göttingen. In 1760, he moved to the University of Leiden and passed his doctor's degree at the age of 19. Pallas travelled throughout the Dutch Republic and to London, improving his medical and surgical knowledge. He then settled at The Hague, and his new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vietnam
Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifteenth-most populous country. One of two communist states in Southeast Asia, Vietnam shares land borders with China to the north, and Laos and Cambodia to the west. It shares Maritime boundary, maritime borders with Thailand through the Gulf of Thailand, and the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia through the South China Sea. Its capital is Hanoi and its largest city is Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam was inhabited by the Paleolithic age, with states established in the first millennium BC on the Red River Delta in modern-day northern Vietnam. Before the Han dynasty's invasion, Vietnam was marked by a vibrant mix of religion, culture, and social norms. The Han dynasty annexed Northern and Central Vietnam, which were subs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerivoulinae
Kerivoulinae is a subfamily of vesper bats. There are 25 species in 2 genera within this subfamily. Species Subfamily Kerivoulinae *Genus '' Kerivoula'' - Painted bats ** Tanzanian woolly bat (''Kerivoula africana'') ** St. Aignan's trumpet-eared bat (''Kerivoula agnella'') ** Damara woolly bat (''Kerivoula argentata'') ** Cryptic woolly bat (''Kerivoula crypta'') ** Copper woolly bat (''Kerivoula cuprosa'') ** Flat-skulled woolly bat (''Kerivoula depressa'') ** Indochinese woolly bat (''Kerivoula dongduongana'') ** Ethiopian woolly bat (''Kerivoula eriophora'') ** Flores woolly bat (''Kerivoula flora'') ** Dark woolly bat (''Kerivoula furva'') ** Hardwicke's woolly bat (''Kerivoula hardwickii'') ** Small woolly bat (''Kerivoula intermedia'') ** Kachin woolly bat (''Kerivoula kachinensis'') ** Krau woolly bat (''Kerivoula krauensis'') ** Lesser woolly bat (''Kerivoula lanosa'') ** Lenis woolly bat (''Kerivoula lenis'') ** Sri Lankan woolly bat (''Kerivoula malpas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taxidermied
Taxidermy is the art of preserving an animal's body by mounting (over an armature) or stuffing, for the purpose of display or study. Animals are often, but not always, portrayed in a lifelike state. The word ''taxidermy'' describes the process of preserving the animal, but the word is also used to describe the end product, which are called taxidermy mounts or referred to simply as "taxidermy". The word ''taxidermy'' is derived from the Ancient Greek words (order, arrangement) and (skin). Thus ''taxidermy'' translates to "arrangement of skin". Taxidermy is practiced primarily on vertebrates (mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and less commonly on amphibians) but can also be done to larger insects and arachnids under some circumstances. Taxidermy takes on a number of forms and purposes including hunting trophies and natural history museum displays. Unlike meat harvesting, taxidermy does not require killing an animal that could have otherwise remained alive. Museums use taxide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tragus (ear)
The tragus is a small pointed eminence of the external ear, situated in front of the Pinna (anatomy), concha, and projecting backward over the external acoustic meatus, meatus. It also is the name of hair growing at the entrance of the ear. Its name comes from the Ancient Greek (), meaning 'goat', and is descriptive of its general covering on its under surface with a tuft of hair, resembling a goat's beard. The nearby antitragus projects forwards and upwards. Because the tragus faces rearwards, it aids in collecting sounds from behind. These sounds are delayed more than sounds arriving from the front, assisting the brain to sense front vs. rear sound sources. In a positive fistula test (for the presence of a fistula from cholesteatoma to the Inner ear, labyrinth), pressure on the tragus causes vertigo or eye deviation by inducing movement of perilymph. Other animals The tragus is a key feature in many bat species. As a piece of skin in front of the ear canal, it plays an import ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerivoula
''Kerivoula'' is a genus of vesper bats in the subfamily Kerivoulinae. They are found throughout tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, and New Guinea. Species within this genus are: * Tanzanian woolly bat (''Kerivoula africana'') * St. Aignan's trumpet-eared bat (''Kerivoula agnella'') * Damara woolly bat (''Kerivoula argentata'') * Cryptic woolly bat (''Kerivoula crypta'') * Copper woolly bat (''Kerivoula cuprosa'') * Flat-skulled woolly bat (''Kerivoula depressa'') * Indochinese woolly bat (''Kerivoula dongduongana'') * Ethiopian woolly bat (''Kerivoula eriophora'') * Flores woolly bat (''Kerivoula flora'') * Dark woolly bat (''Kerivoula furva'') * Hardwicke's woolly bat (''Kerivoula hardwickii'') * Small woolly bat (''Kerivoula intermedia'') *Kachin woolly bat (''Kerivoula kachinensis'') * Krau woolly bat (''Kerivoula krauensis'') * Lesser woolly bat (''Kerivoula lanosa'') * Lenis woolly bat (''Kerivoula lenis'') * Sri Lankan woolly bat (''Kerivoula malpasi'') * Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jahangirnagar University
Jahangirnagar University (, abbreviated as JU; initially started as Jahangirnagar Muslim University; ) is a fully residential public university, public research university located in Savar Upazila, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was established in 1970 by the Jahangirnagar Muslim University Ordinance of the Government of Pakistan, Pakistani government, which was amended after the independence of Bangladesh to form the university. It is one of the four autonomous universities by the act of universities in Bangladesh. It offers Undergraduate education, undergraduate, Graduate diploma, graduate and Doctorate, doctoral programs in various disciplines, including Arts degree, arts, humanities, social science, natural science, biological science, business studies, law and engineering. The university has produced many alumni over the years contributing notably to research, literature, education, culture and sports. The university has 36 departments under 6 faculties including the faculty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madhupur National Park
Madhupur National Park () is a major and one of the earliest national park in Bangladesh. Description Madhupur National Park covers an area of . The Forest was established as a national park by the Pakistan government in 1962 but, was officially declared as National park in 1982 under the Bangladesh wildlife (Preservation) Amendment Act of 1947. The park is located at Madhupur Upazila, Tangail District in the North region of the country. It is about away from Dhaka. The local topography mainly consists of flat topped ridges (''Chalas'') intersected by numerous depressions (''Baids''). Climate The climate is generally moderate. The temperature rises up to 37 °C in May and drops down to minimum 10 °C in January. The park has a season of tropical monsoon from June to September every year. The soil is loamy, clay and sandy loam at various places. The altitude rises to above mean sea level. Biodiversity Flora The general walk in the forest is easy due to the fla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Near Threatened
A near-threatened species is a species which has been Conservation status, categorized as "Near Threatened" (NT) by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as that may be vulnerable to Endangered species, endangerment in the near future, but it does not currently qualify for the threatened status. The IUCN notes the importance of reevaluating near-threatened taxon, taxa at appropriate intervals. The rationale used for near-threatened taxa usually includes the criteria of Vulnerable species, vulnerable which are plausible or nearly met, such as reduction in numbers or range. Those designated since 2001 that depend on conservation efforts to not become threatened are no longer separately considered conservation-dependent species. IUCN Categories and Criteria version 2.3 Before 2001, the IUCN used the version 2.3 Categories and Criteria to assign conservation status, which included a separate category for conservation-dependent species ("Conservation Dependen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forest Department (Bangladesh)
Forest Department () is a government agency responsible for the protection and maintenance of forests and wildlife in Bangladesh. Its head office is located in Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by .... History The forest department was established in 1870 during the British Raj era. Originally established to look after natural forests, the department started social forestation in the 1980s. The department is also responsible for National Botanical Garden of Bangladesh, Forestry Development and Training Centre, Kaptai, and to Bangladesh Forest College. The total amount of forest land under the management of the department is 3.617 million acres. In the 1950s and 1960s, the department planted Sal, Dhaka, Tangail, and Mymensingh of Dhaka divi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Union For Conservation Of Nature
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources. Founded in 1948, IUCN has become the global authority on the status of the natural world and the measures needed to safeguard it. It is involved in data gathering and analysis, research, field projects, advocacy, and education. IUCN's mission is to "influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable". Over the past decades, IUCN has widened its focus beyond conservation ecology and now incorporates issues related to sustainable development in its projects. IUCN does not itself aim to mobilize the public in support of nature conservation. It tries to influence the actions of governments, business and other stakeholders by providing information and advice and through building partners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
