A novel Hendra virus variant, genotype 2, was recently discovered in a horse that died after
acute illness and in Pteropus flying fox tissues in Australia. We detected the variant in flying …

Forensic identification of species is in growing demand, particularly from law enforcement
authorities in the areas of wildlife, fisheries and hunting as well as food authentication …

Genetic management is a critical component of threatened species conservation.
Understanding spatial patterns of genetic diversity is essential for evaluating the resilience …

Coolah Tops, c. 360 km northwest of Sydney, at the western end of the Liverpool Range, in
central western New South Wales, is a fertile basalt plateau that rises to over 1000 m, and so …

A distributional isolate in southwestern Western Australia previously assigned to Gould's
Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus gouldi Tomes, 1858 is demonstrated to be a distinct and …

Background: Fruit bats are natural carriers of Nipah virus (NiV). The primary objective of this
study is to identify potential reservoir species in a selected geographic regions. It is …

Taxonomic confusion among island flying foxes (Pteropus hypomelanus) still in debate as in
the lack of further genetic studies that describe subspecies validity needs verification. On the …

Abstract The Hoary Bat Chalinolobus nigrogriseus is the only species of the genus known
from the island of New Guinea. A new species of Chalinolobus from Papua New Guinea is …

Northeast India with two biodiversity hotspots is recognized as a biodiversity-rich region.
However, several extant animals including chiropterans are currently at jeopardy due to …

Flying foxes are important ecological keystone species on many archipelagoes, and
Indonesia is home to over a third of all flying fox species globally. However, the amount of …