Research
Research Projects
Following the successful establishment of the Kolar Leaf-Nosed Bat Conservation Reserve, the Centre secured a partnership with Bat Conservation International, USA and was awarded the Endangered Species Grant to further study and understand the enigmatic and endangered Kolar Leaf-Nosed Bat (Hipposideros hypophyllus).
With this the research team at CBCS headed by Dr. Bhargavi, took up an e-DNA diet analysis of Hipposideros hypophyllus and its congeners – H. durgadasi, H. fulvus and H. speoris. It involved analysing the feacal pellets of the species, presenting a non-invasive technique of diet analysis. The study found all four bat species to be diet specialists, with no overlaps in their diet requirements. It was also observed that these species consumed insect pests like Tuta absoluta (an invasive tomato crop pest), solidifying their indispensable role as biological pest control agents.
Click here to know more about Dr. Bhargavi’s work on Kolar Leaf-nosed Bat.
Research Publications
Srinivasulu, C. & Reddy, S. (2025). A checklist of avifauna of Telengana, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 17(7), 27249-27282 
Srinivasulu, B., Kusuminda, T., Srinivasulu, A., Ukuwela, K. D. B., Amarasinghe, C., Siriwardana, S., Kaur, H., Mannakkara, A., Soisook, P., Kamalakannan, M., Yapa, W. B., & Srinivasulu, C. (2025). Taxonomic revision of the South Asian allies of Hipposideros galeritus Cantor, 1846. Zootaxa, 5590(4), 507–530. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5590.4.3
Krishna Prasad, K., Younus, M., & Srinivasulu, C. (2024) First confirmed report of Gagata itchkeea (Sykes, 1839) (Sisoridae: Sisorinae) from the Godavari Basin, India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 121
Srinivasulu, A., Zeale, M. R. K., Srinivasulu, B., Srinivasulu, C., Jones, G., & González-Suárez, M. (2024). Future climatically suitable areas for bats in South Asia. Ecology and Evolution, 14, e11420. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11420
Srinivasulu, B., & Srinivasulu, A. (2023). A new species of the Miniopterus australis species complex (Chiroptera: Miniopteridae) from the Western Ghats, India. Zootaxa, 5296(2), 233-249
Srinivasulu, A., Srinivasulu, B., Kusuminda, T., Amarasinghe, C., Ukuwela, K. D., Karunarathna, M., Amani., M., Yapa, W.B. & Srinivasulu, C. (2023). Taxonomic status of the Lesser Woolly Horseshoe bats (Chiroptera, Rhinolophidae, Rhinolophus beddomei) in peninsular India and Sri Lanka. Zootaxa, 5301(2), 199-218
Srinivasulu, C., & Kumar, G. C. (2022). A checklist of herpetofauna of Telangana state, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 14(6), 21266-21281
Kumar, G. C., Srinivasulu, A., & Srinivasulu, C. (2022). Redescription of Hemidactylus giganteus Stoliczka, 1871 with the description of three new allied species (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820) from peninsular India. Zootaxa, 5115(3), 301-341
Prasad, K. K., & Srinivasulu, C. (2021). A checklist of fishes of Telangana State, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 13(5), 18324-18343
Srinivasulu, A., Srinivasulu, B., & Srinivasulu, C. (2021). Ecological niche modelling for the conservation of endemic threatened squamates (lizards and snakes) in the Western Ghats. Global Ecology and Conservation, 28, e01700
Srinivasulu, A., Assefa, A., & Srinivasulu, C. (2021). Ecological niche modelling predicts significant impacts of future climate change on two endemic rodents in eastern Africa. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 13(5), 18164-18176
Prasad, K. K., Younus, M., & Srinivasulu, C. (2020). Occurrence of Corica soborna Hamilton, 1822 (Clupeiformes: Clupeidae) in the Godavari basin, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 12(17), 17361-17365