Volume 28, No. (4), 2018 (August)
FIRST RECORD OF MYOTIS FORMOSUS HODGSON'S BAT (HODGSON, 1835) FROM BAJAUR AGENCY, PAKISTAN
Hamidullah , A. Javid , S. B. Rasheed , J. Zeb , A. Ullah, M. I. Khan, Attaullah
Hamidullah, A. Javid, S. B. Rasheed, J. Zeb, A. Ullah, M. I. Khan, Attaullah
1 Department of Zoology, University of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
2 Department of Wildlife and Ecology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
3 Department of Zoology, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
4 Departmentof Human Genetic, Hazara University, Mansera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Page Number(s):
1199-1203
Published Online First:
August 01, 2018
Publication Date:
August 01, 2018
ABSTRACT
During a two year survey extending from 2014 through 2016, specimens ( n = 3) of Hodgson's bat Myotis formosus were captured from Bajaur Agency, FATA in Pakistan using mist and hand nets. External body, cranial and bacular features of the captured specimens were recorded and compared with available literature. Mean head and body length of the captured specimens was 42.06±4.01 mm, forearm length was 47.16±0.93 mm, greatest length of skull (n = 2) was 17.38±0.17 mm while total baculum length (n = 1) was 8.1 mm. The species is the first record from the study area. Bat populations are declining in their natural
Keywords:
Hodgson's bat, FATA, Forearm, Baculum, Skull.