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T1 FIRST RECORD OF MYOTIS FORMOSUS HODGSON'S BAT (HODGSON, 1835) FROM BAJAUR AGENCY, PAKISTAN
A1 Hamidullah
A1 A. Javid
A1 S. B. Rasheed
A1 J. Zeb
A1 A. Ullah
A1 M. I. Khan
A1 Attaullah
JF Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences
JO JAPS
SN 1018-7081
VO 28
IS 4
SP 1199
OP 1203
YR 2018
FD 2018/08/01
DO DOI NA
AB 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
K1 Hodgson's bat, FATA, Forearm, Baculum, Skull.
PB Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum
LK https://thejaps.org.pk/AbstractView.aspx?mid=2018-JAPS-433