Characteristics of the First Record of Bat (Mammalia: Chiroptera) Fauna from Peshawar and Adjacent Areas, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Journal Title: Global Journal of Animal Scientific Research - Year 2015, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
The present research was conducted to explore the bat fauna of districts Charsadda, Kohat, Mardan and Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan during July 2011 to May 2013. A total of (N=213) bats of 5 genera and 10 species belonging to 4 different families of order Chiroptera were collected. They were belonging to family Pteropodidae (1 species): the Indian flying fox, Pteropus giganteus Brunnich; family Hipposideros (1 species): the fulvus leaf-nosed, Hipposideros fulvus Gray; family Rhinopomatidae (2 species): the lesser mouse-tailed bat, Rhinopoma hardwiki Gray and greater mouse-tailed bat, Rhinopoma microphyllum Brunnich; family Vespertilionidae (6 species): the kellaert’s pipistrellus, Pipipstrellus ceylonicus Kelaart; Indain pipistrellus, Pipiestrellus coromandra Grey; Javan pipistrellus, Pipistrellus javanicus, Gray; least pipistrellus, Pipistrellus tenius Temminck; Asiatic greater yellow bat, Scotophyllus heathii Hosefield; and Asiatic lesser yellow house or Kuhl’s pipistrellus bat, Scotophyllus kuhlii Leech. Pipistrellus tenius was the smallest, however, R. hardwiki is the medium sized, moreover, R. microphyllum is the largest bats compared with all collected species. Further, S. heathii is a bat with greater body weight; furthermore, S. kuhlii can only be distinguished from the S. heathii by its small size, while all other structures are almost similar. Due to lack of education, most of the were aware about the importance of bats in the study area. This paper provided education and awareness about bats to the farmers and general the public in the study areas.
Authors and Affiliations
Farzana Perveen, Faiz-ur Rahman
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP29083
- DOI -
- Views 375
- Downloads 7
Gangrenous Dermatitis Associated with Aspergillosis in Broiler’s Flock in Eastern Algeria: A Case Report
Gangrenous dermatitis is described in association with aspergillosis in a flock of 5000 broilers in Eastern Algeria. Diagnostic showed that Clostridium septicum is the causal agent of the disease which is characterized...
Dry Seasons Feeding Regimes for Ruminants and Their Rumen Degradation Characteristics in a Semi-Arid Environment of Nigeria
The experiment was conducted at the university of Maiduguri teaching and research farm and ten formulations were developed using wheat offal, sorghum husk, and cowpea husk as energy sources and cottonseed cake, poultry...
Live Body Weight Estimation in Small Ruminants-A Review
Proper measurement of live body weight, which often is hard in the village settings due to lack of weighing scales, is a prerequisite for achieving so many lofty goals that are always associated with either medical or...
Major Issues for Sustainable Poultry Sector in Nepal.
Poultry sector is an emerging industry in Nepal with two distinct pattern of poultry production-intensive and scavenging. The scavenging poultry is widely prevalent in the rural areas and nearly 45% of total poultry po...
Effects of Inclusion of Different Levels of Watermelon Bug Meal In Broiler Diets on Feed Intake, Body Weight Changes and Feed Conversion Ratio
T This study was conducted in El-Obeid, North Kordofan State, Sudan with the objective of evaluating the effects of inclusion of different levels of watermelon bug meal (WMBM) as a substitute for sorghum grains in diet...