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Membership in SSC specialist groups is by invitation, and the groups are dissolved and reconstructed every three years. However, if a country has no representative, BSG Chairs are always happy to receive self nominations. Membership in the  Bat Specialist Group was revised in 2007, and there are  currently over 100 individual members. Members are experts on the bat taxa in their country, and  provide a first contact source to explore ongoing  bat related conservation and research  projects and people involved in bat projects in a specific country. 

BSG Co-Chairs
Prof. Paul Racey  email: p.racey@abdn.ac.uk 
Dr. Rodrigo Medellin email: Medellin@miranda.ecologia.unam.mx 

IUCN Red List Authority Focal Points
Daniel Hargreaves (Old World bats) email: daniel@batdan.co.uk
Sergio Solari (New World bats) email: 

Web Master
                                                                                                         Dr. Allyson Walsh email: drallysonwalsh@gmail.com & awalsh@sandiegozoo.org

                                                                                                         Read Bios/more about these members here

NORTH, CENTRAL, SOUTH AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Canada
Canada
Canada
Canada
Colombia
Colombia
Columbia (also Peru)
Costa Rica
Cuba
Cuba
Ecuador
Ecuador
Guatemala
Mexico
Mexico
Mexico
Mexico
Peru
Puerto Rico
U.S.
U.S.
U.S.
U.S.
U.S.
U.S.
U.S.
U.S.
U.S.
U.S.
Uruguay
Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela

Dr. Rubén Barquez      -   rubenbarquez@arnet.com.ar
Dr. Luis Fernado Aguirre   -  laguirre@fcyt.umss.edu.bo
Ms. Susy Pacheco  -  Susi.pacheco@pucrs.br
Prof. M. Brock Fenton  -  bfenton@uwo.ca
Prof. Robert M. R. Barclay  -  Barclay@ucalgary.ca
Prof. Mark. R.M. R. Brigham - Mark.brigham@uregina.ca
Dr. Hugh Broders -  Hugh.broders@smu.ca
Ms. Yaneth Muñoz-Saba - ydmunozs@gmail.com
Prof. Javier Muñoz-Arango - jamuar@matematicas.udea.edi.co
Dr. Sergio Solari - solari.udea@gmail.com
Prof. Bernal Rodríguez - bernalr@racsa.co.cr
Dr. Carlos Mancina - mancina@ecologia.cu
Prof. Gilberto Silva-Taboada - museo@mnhnc.inf.cu
Mr. Santiago Burneo - sburneo@puce.edu.ec
Mr. Diego Tirira - Diego_tirira@yahoo.com
Mr. José Cajas - joctaviocc@yahoo.com
Dr. Rodrigo Medellin  (Co-Chair) - Medellin@miranda.ecologia.unam.mx
Dr. Joaquin Arroyo - arromatu@prodigy.net.mx
Ms. Laura Navarro (Education) - laurannmx@yahoo.com.mx
Dr. Ricardo Lopez-Wilchis - rlw@xanum.uam.mx
Mr. Jose Luis Mena - jlmena@viabcp.com
Prof. Armando Rodriguez-Duran - arodriguez@bc.inter.edu
Prof. Thomas Kunz - kunz@bu.edu
Dr. Allyson Walsh (Webmaster) - drallysonwalsh@gmail.com
Dr. Jon Epstein DVM  (Vet Consultant) - epstein@ecohealthalliance.org
Dr. Tim Snow - tsnow@azgfd.gov
Dr. Tom O’Shea - Tom_O’shea@usgs.gov
Dr. Elizabeth Pierson (S. Pacific) - edpierson@aol.com
Ms. Tammy Mildenstein (Asia-Pacific) - tammy.mildenstein@gmail.com
Dr. Sharoukh Mistry  (India) -  smistry@csuchico.edu
Dr. Don Wilson - Wilson.don@nmnh.si.edu
Dr. Merlin Tuttle - mtuttle@batcon.org
Mr. Enrique Gonzalez - emgonzalez@adinet.com.uy
Dr. José Ochoa - jochoa@reacciun.ve
Dr. Omar Linares - linares@usb.ve
Dr. Jesus Molinari - Molinari@ula.ve

Europe, Western and Central Asia

Austria
Azerbaijan
Belgium
Belgium
Belgium
Belarus
Belarus
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Estonia
Europe (West Africa)
Finland
France
France
France
Georgia
Germany
Germany
Greece
Greece
Hungary
Iran
Ireland
Israel
Israel
Italy
Jordan
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Mongolia
Netherlands
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Republic of San Marino
Romania
Russian Federation
Russion Federation
Serbia
Serbia
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Switzerland
Turkey
UK
UK
UK
UK
UK
UK (Overseas Territories)
Ukraine
Ukraine

Dr. Guido Reiter -  Guido.Reiter@fledermausschutz.at
Vacant
Mr. Alex Lefevre - vleermuizenalex@yahoo.com
Dr. Thierry Kervyn - thierrry.kervyn@spw.wallonie.be
Mr. Jacques Fairon - Jacques.fairon@gmail.be
Dr Victor Dziamianchyk - Koktebel.by@mail.ru
Mr Aliaksei Shpak - shpak.dverg@gmail.com
Mr Jasminko Mulaomerovic - Jasminko.mulaomerovic@bhtelecom.ba
Dr. Ivan Pandourski - stygologia@gmail.com
Mr. Boyan Petrov - boyanpp@nmnhs.com
Ms Daniela Hamidovic - daniela.hamidovic@dzzp.hr
Prof. Jiri Gaisler - gaisler@sci.muni.cz
Dr. Hans Baagöe - hjbaagoe@snm.ku.dk
Dr. Matti Massing - matti@ut.ee
Ms. Triinu Torv - tttriinu@tlu.ee
Dr Jakob Fahr - Jakob.fahr@uni-ulm.de
Ms .Eeva-Maria Kyheröinen - Eeva-maria.kyheroinen@helsinki.fi
Mr. Stephane Aulagnier - aulagnie@toulouse.inra.fr
Ms. Marie-Jose Douborg-Savage - chirosavage@gmail.com
Mr. Sebastien Roué - Seba.rouebats@wanadoo.fr
Mr. Ioseb Natradze - ioseb.natradze@campester.ge
Dr Peter Boye - Peter.boye@bmu.bund.de
Dr Christine Harbusch - ProChirop@aol.com
Dr. Eleftherios  Hadjisterkotis - hjsterkotis@cytanet.com.cy
Dr Panagiotis Georgiakakis - pangeos@nhmc.uoc.gr
Mr. Peter Paulovics - paulovicspeter@tvnetwork.hu
Hossien Zohoori  - h_zohoori@yahoo.com
Dr. Tina Auchney - tinaaughney@eircom.net
Benny Shalmon - benny@npa.org.il
Dr. Asaf Tsoar - asaf.tsoar@mail.huji.ac.il
Dr. Danilo Russo - danrusso@unina.it
Prof.Dr. Zuhair Sami Amr - amrz@just.edu.jo
Mr. Gunars Petersons - Gunnars.petersons@llu.lv
Mr. Deividas Makavicius - nature@kli.lt
Mr. Jacques Pir - Jacques.pir@education.lu
Prof. Branko Micevski - brancom@ukim.edu.mk
Nyambayer Batbayar - bnyamba@yahoo.com
Mr. Peter HC Lina - phc.lina@tiscali.al
Mr. Herman Limpens - Herman.limpens@chello.nl
Mr Per Ole Syvertsen -per.ole.syvertsen@helgelandmuseum.no
Dr. Grzegorz Lesinski - glesinski@wp.pl
Prof. Jorge Palmeirim - palmeirim@jc.ul.pt
Dr. Dino Scaravelli - dinosc@tin.it
Ms. Abigel Szodoray-Paradi - abigel@aplr.ro
Dr. Sergei Kruskop - kruskop@zmmu.msu.ru
Dr. Suren Vladimirovich Gazaryan - s-gazaryan@yandrex.ru
Mr. Milan Paunovic - paunmchi@EUnet.yu
Mr Branko Karapandza - branko.karapandza@gmail.com
Dr. Martin Celuch - mato@netopiere.sk
Mr. Primoz Presetnik - Primoz.presetnik@ckff.si
Dr. Javier Juste - juste@ebd.csic.es
Dr. Johnny de Jong - Johny.de.jong@cbm.slu.se
Dr. Pascal Moeschler - Pascal.Moeschler@ville-ge.ch
Dr. Hans-Peter Stutz - fledermaus@zoo.ch
Dr. Ibrahim Rasit Bilgin - Rasit.bilgin@boun.edu.tr
Prof. Paul Racey (Co-Chair) - p.racey@abdn.ac.uk
Mr. Simon Mickleburgh (Action Plan Revisor) - simonmickleburgh@onetel.com
Prof. Kate Jones (Extinction Risk Consultant) - Kate.jones@ioz.ac.uk
Dr. Bryan Carroll - b.carroll@bristolzoo.org.uk
Daniel Hargreaves (RED LIST Authority) - daniel@batdan.co.uk
Mr. A.M. Hutson  - Hutson.t@btinternet.com
Dr. Andriy-Taras Bashtà - atbashta@ukr.net
Ms. Lena Godlevska - blackbua@yahoo.com

Asia  Central South and Southeast

Bangladesh
China
China
China
India
India
India
Indonesia
Malaysia
Malaysia
Myanmar
Nepal
Pakistan
Pakistan
Philippines
Sarawak
SE Asia region
Sri Lanka
Thailand
Vietnam

Shahneaz Ali Khan - Shahneaz@ecohealthalliance.org                 
Dr.  Jinshuo Zhang - zhangjs@ioz.ac.cn
Dr. Shuyi  Zhang -  zhangsy@ioz.ac.cn
Dr. Zhang Libiao -  zhanglibiao334@126.com
Dr Nameer Ommer - Nameer.ommer@gmail.com
Dr Sripati Kandula - sribat@hotmail.com
Ms. Sally Walker (CCINSA) - sallywalker@zooreach.org
Dr. Ibnu Maryanto - Ibnu_mar@yahoo.com
Prof. Zubaid Akbar - zubaid@ukm.mv
Dr. Tigga Kingston  - tigga.kingston@ttu.edu
Prof. Si Si Hla Bu - sshb@myanmar.com.mm
Mr. Hari Adhikari - Harisubash2002@yahoo.com
Mr. Richard Garstang - rgarstang@wwf.org.pt
Muhammad Mahmood-ul-Hassan - drmmhassan@uaf.edu.pk
Dr. Nina Ingle  - Nri2@cornell.edu
Mr. Mohd-Azlan - amazlan@frst.unimass.my
Dr. Charles Francis - Charles.francis@ec.gc.ca
Prof. Wipula Yapa - wipula@zoology.cmb.ac.ik
Dr. Sara Bumrungsri - Sara.b@psu.ac.th
Dr. Vu Dinh Thong - Thong1605@yahoo.com

Australasia, Pacific , Japan, Oceania

American Samoa
Australia
Australia
New Zealand
Japan
Oceania

Dr. Ann Brooke - abrookeguam@gmail.com
Dr. Lindy Lumsden - Lindy.lumsden@dse.vic.gov.au
Dr. Kyle Armstrong - kyle.n.armstrong@gmail.com
Dr. Colin O’Donnell  - codonnell@doc.gov.nz
Dr. Sumiko Matsumura - batmatsu@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp
Dr. Louise Shilton - lshilton@ecosure.com.au

Arabia, Africa, Madagascar, Western Indian Ocean Islands

Algeria
Benin
Cameroon
Comores
DR Congo
Egypt
Gabon
Ghana
Ivory Coast
Kenya
Kenya
Lebanon
Namibia
Nigeria
Madagascar
Madagascar
Madagascar
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Pemba
Rwanda
Saudi Arabia
Seychelles
South Africa
South Sudan
Swaziland
Syria
Syria
Tanzania
Tunisia
Uganda
United Arab Emirates
Zambia
Zambia
Mr Mourad Ahmim -  forestecolo@gmail.com
Dr. Bruno Djossa - djosbruno@yahoo.fr
Eric Bakwo - filsbkw27@gmail.com
Mr. Nassuri Toilibou - toilibou@voia.fr
Prince Kaleme - pkaleme@gmail.com
Wael M. Shohdi - wael_elshiekh@yahoo.com
Mr. Joe Walston - jwalston@wcs.org
Michale Abedi-Lartey - abedilartey@yahoo.com
Dr Jakob Fahr - Jakob.fahr@uni-ulm.de
Mr. Benard Agwanda - ben_risky@yahoo.co.uk
Dr. Paul Webala - paul.webala@gmail.com
Dr. Mounir Abi-Said - mabisaid9@gmail.com
Seth Eiseb - seth_eiseb@yahoo.co.uk
Iroro Tanshi - tariawhile@yahoo.com
Hanta Julie Razamafinahaka - hantajulie@moov.org
Dr. Fanja Ratrimomananarivo - fanjahrat@yahoo.fr 
Dr. Richard Jenkins - jenkins@moov.org
Dr. Vikash Tatayah - vtatayah@mauritian-wildlife.org
Prof. El Ayachi Sehhar - sehhar_elayachi@yahoo.fr
Dr. Ara Monadjem - ara@uniswacc.uniswa.sz
Mr. Said Juma Ali - msitumkuu@yahoo.co.uk
Julius Nziza - inzizatero@yahoo.co.uk
Dr. Abdulaziz N. Alagaili - aziz99@gmail.com
Mr. David Derand - david@natureseychelles.org
Dr. Peter Taylor - peter.taylor.univen@gmail.com
Hassan Babiker - hsalata@gmail.com
Dr. Ara Monadjem - aramonadjem@googlemail.com
Ms. May Abidou - May_abido@hotmail.com
Dr. Adwan Shehab - adwanshehab@gmail.com
Prof. Kim Howell - kimhowellkazi@gmail.com
Awatef Abiadh  - abidah955@gmail.com
Dr. Robert Kityo - kityrob@gmail.com
Dr. Jacky Judas - p6181026@eim.ae
Ms. Clare Mateke - cmateke@gmail.com
Moses Chibesa - moses.chibesa@cbu.ac.zm

Please send email address changes to drallysonwalsh@gmail.com cc p.racey@abdn.co.uk
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