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Volume 27, No. (1), 2017 (February)
MORPHOLOGICAL DIFFERENTIATION IN TWO CLOSELY-RELATED MOUSE-TAILED BAT SPECIES (CHIROPTERA: RHINOPOMATIDAE) CAPTURED FROM MALAKAND DIVISION, KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA, PAKISTAN
M. Salim, A. Javid, M. Mahmood-ul-Hassan, Faiz-ur-Rahman3and Z. Ali

M. Salim, A. Javid1, M. Mahmood-ul-Hassan2, Faiz-ur-Rahman3and Z. Ali4

Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, University of Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
1Department of Wildlife and Ecology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
2Department of Zoology and Fisheries, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad
3Department of Zoology, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University (SBBU), Main Campus, Sheringal, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
4Department of Zoology, University of the Punjab, Lahore
Corresponding Author: mohammadsalim@uoh.edu.pk
Page Number(s): 82-90
Published Online First: February 01, 2017
Publication Date: February 01, 2017
ABSTRACT

Morphological differences aid in limiting intra-species variations. Present investigation was carried out to understand morphological differences in two closely related congeners, the greater mouse-tailed bat Rhinopomamicrophyllum (Brünnich, 1782) and the lesser mouse tailed bat Rhinopomahardwickii (Gray, 1831). Variations in external body, cranial and bacularfeatures were recorded and compared. During present survey, specimens of R. microphyllum(n=58) and R. hardwickii (n=25) were roosting at two different caves (N34º 26.783′ E71º 49.070′ and N34º 26.818′ E71º 48.973′) in Malakand division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK). Out of these, 3 specimens of R. microphyllumand 5 specimens of R. hardwickii were captured. R. hardwickiifrom KPK was recorded only from Amb prior to the present investigation indicating range extension of the species.
Keywords: Cranial measurements; baculum size; R. microphyllum; R. hardwickii; Malakand
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