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Detailed explanation-1: -The location in Meghalaya where the species was found is nearly 1, 000 km westward of its earlier known areas. The researchers found that though several bamboo-dwelling bat species are common throughout Southeast Asia, this particular species is rare and found only in a few localities worldwide.

Detailed explanation-2: -India’s first bamboo-dwelling bat with sticky disks, has been found near Nongkhyllem Wildlife Sanctuary in Meghalaya.

Detailed explanation-3: -Eudiscopus denticulus was recorded from the Lailad area near the Nongkhyllem Wildlife Sanctuary, about 1, 000 km west of its nearest known habitat in Myanmar. Meghalaya has yielded India’s first bamboo-dwelling bat with sticky disks, taking the species count of the flying mammal in the country to 130.

Detailed explanation-4: -About: The disc-footed bat (Eudiscopus denticulus) was recorded in the north-eastern State’s Lailad area near the Nongkhyllem Wildlife Sanctuary, about 1, 000 km west of its nearest known habitat in Myanmar.

Detailed explanation-5: -The disk-footed bat (Eudiscopus denticulus) is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family found in Laos and Myanmar. The disc-footed bat was recorded in the northeastern Indian state’s (Meghalaya), Lailad area near the Nongkhyllem Wildlife Sanctuary.