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Volume 22, No. (4), 2012 (December)

RECENT RECORD OF LEAST PIPISTRELLE (Pipistrellus tenuis) (VESPERTILIONIDAE: CHIROPTERA) FROM ISLAMABAD

A. Javid, M. Mahmood-ul-Hassan, M. Afzal, M. S. Nadeem, S. M. Hussain

*A. Javid, M. Mahmood-ul-Hassan, M. Afzal, M. S. Nadeem, S. M. Hussain

1 Department of Wildlife and Ecology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore
2 Department of Zoology and Fisheries, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad.
3 Department of Zoology, University of Arid Agriculture, Rawalpindi
4 Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, GC University, Faisalabad
Corresponding Author: drmmhassan1@gmail.com, drmmhassan@uaf.edu.pk
Page Number(s): 1042-1047
Published Online First: August 01, 2012
Publication Date: August 01, 2012

ABSTRACT

The Least Pipistrelle Pipistrellus tenuis (Temminck, 1840) was captured from northern Punjab first in 1926 and then in 1961. We captured two specimens of this species from the same area during a three years’ survey (2008-2011) to describe and compare their external body, cranial and bacular measurements with those available in literature. Mean body mass of the captured specimens was 4.25 ± 1.061 g, the head and body length was 35.00 ± 2.828 mm, the forearm was 28.00 ± 0.707 mm long. The greatest length of the skull was 10.19 mm and baculum was 3.46 mm long. Mean frequency of maximum energy of four pulses from two calls was 34.1 kHz and the calls were single harmonic. This paper also provides first hand information on the call parameters and status of this species from Pakistan.
Keywords: Least pipistrelle, Distribution, Baculum, Cranium, Forearm, kHz, Pakistan.
Open Access: This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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