Integrated approaches to identifying cryptic bat species in areas of high endemism: The case of Rhinolophus andamanensis in the Andaman Islands

• Chelmala Srinivasulu ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: chelmalasrinivasulu@gmail.com

  ¶‡ Joint Senior Authors.

  Affiliations Natural History Museum and Wildlife Biology & Taxonomy Lab, Department of Zoology, University College of Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, Systematics, Ecology & Conservation Laboratory, Zoo Outreach Organisation (ZOO), Saravanampatti, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4331-8580

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• Aditya Srinivasulu ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ Joint Senior Authors.

  Affiliation Biodiversity Research and Conservation Society, Tirumalgiri, Secunderabad, Telangana, India

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• Bhargavi Srinivasulu,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Natural History Museum and Wildlife Biology & Taxonomy Lab, Department of Zoology, University College of Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, Systematics, Ecology & Conservation Laboratory, Zoo Outreach Organisation (ZOO), Saravanampatti, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

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• Gareth Jones

  Roles Conceptualization, Software, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Bristol, United Kingdom

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