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T1 RECENT RECORD OF DESERT YELLOW HOUSE BAT, SCOTOECUS PALLIDUS (ORDER CHIROPTERA) FROM PUNJAB, PAKISTAN
A1 M. Shahbaz
A1 A. Javid
A1 S. M. Hussain
A1 M. Ashraf
A1 H. Azmat
JF Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences
JO JAPS
SN 1018-7081
VO 25
IS 2
SP 599
OP 602
YR 2015
FD 2015/04/01
DO DOI NA
AB <p>The desert yellow house bat,&nbsp;<em>Scotoecus pallidus&nbsp;</em>is an endemic species of Indian sub-continent with type locality Mian Mir, Lahore, During present study 36 specimens of&nbsp;<em>S. pallidus</em>&nbsp;were captured from Gujranwala, Mandi Bhauddin and Hafizabad districts of Punjab, Pakistan The morphological features, external body, cranial and bacular measurements of captured specimens were compared with available literature. Average head and body length of all the captured specimens (n = 36) of&nbsp;<em>S. pallidus&nbsp;</em>was 55.9 mm, average forearm length was 37.0 mm, greatest skull length (n = 5) was 14.8 mm while average baculum length (n = 3) was 5.0 mm. Bacular features of the species are reported for the first time in country.</p>
K1 Cranial measurements; baculum size; agro-ecosystem; Punjab
PB Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum
LK https://thejaps.org.pk/AbstractView.aspx?mid=2015-JAPS-82