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T1 MORPHOMETRICS OF FULVOUS FRUIT BAT (ROUSETTUS LESCHENAULTI) FROM LAHORE, PAKISTAN
A1 M. Shahbaz
A1 A. Javid
A1 T. Javed
A1 M. Mahmood-ul-Hassan
A1 S.M. Hussain
JF Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences
JO JAPS
SN 1018-7081
VO 24
IS 3
SP 955
OP 960
YR 2014
FD 2014/06/01
DO DOI NA
AB <p>Present study on Fulvous fruit bat (<em>Rousettus leschenaulti)</em> from October 2011 to March 2012 in the vicinity of Lahore, Pakistan took morphometric measurements of 15 (9♂ and 6♀) bat specimens. The average head and body length of all 15 specimens was 99.55 &plusmn; 15.035mm, forearm was 77.64 &plusmn; 6.373mm long, lengths of 3rd, 4th and 5th metacarpals were 52.73 &plusmn; 4.832 mm, 51.56 &plusmn; 4.996mm and 49.86 &plusmn; 3.998, respectively and the tail length was 11.1 &plusmn; 3.072mm. The greatest skull length (n= 9) was 35.89 &plusmn; 2.848mm, breadth of braincase was 15.44 &plusmn; 1.509mm while bacular length of a male specimen was 3.075mm.</p>
K1 Fulvous fruit bat, Greatest skull length, Baculum, Badian
PB Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum
LK https://thejaps.org.pk/AbstractView.aspx?mid=2014-JAPS-134