Ali Reza Khan

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Bangladesh, located between latitudes 20°34' to 26°38' north and longitudes 88°01' to 92°41' east, is the most densely populated country in the world with 1,252 people per one square kilometre; this is almost three times as dense as its neighbour, India (Ritchie, 2020), other than the island countries like Singapore, and others. So, Bangladesh is n...

On the basis of a six-day survey of southeastern Bangladesh Occidozyga lima appeared to be a common species in the Teknaf Peninsula. The most common amphibians of the region are the Cricket Frog Limnonectes limnocharis, Skipping Frog Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis, Ornate Narrow-mouthed Frog Microhyla ornata, Indian Bull Frog Hoplobatrachus tigerinus and...

Bangladesh supports 31 species of bats including three species of fruit bats. The flying fox is still a common and widely distributed species among the fruit bats whereas the Indian Pipistrelle is the commonest among the smaller insectivorous bats. The largest of the insect bats is the False Vampire that is also quite common and widely distributed...

Among the seven species of resident and migratory storks of Bangladesh, two resident species have been extripated, the status of three storks are uncertain, and the remaining two species are fast disappearing owing to loss of habitat and hunting. In addition the avifauna includes another 14 species of colonial waterbirds in 15,000 square kilometers...

Many mammal species have been exterminated in Bangladesh; many more are threatened. The author visited all the forested areas, where 80 per cent of the surviving mammals are to be found, for this survey. His report supplements and enforces the primate survey report of S.P. Gittins and A.W. Akonda in the February 1982 Oryx.