Abstract
During present survey, extending from June 2010 through May 2012 the greater short-nosed fruit bat Cynopterus sphinx (n = 1) and the fulvous fruit bat Rousettus leschenaultia (n = 22) were captured from Malakand division in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK). The morphological and cranial features of the captured specimens were compared with
available literature. Baculum morphometry is one of the key features in identification of bat species and was applied for species confirmation of R. leschenaultii. R. leschenaultia has been already reported while C. sphinx beingreported for the first time from the study area. Pteropus giganteus is another new record from the region.
Mohammad Salim, Arshad Javid, Ali Hussain, Faiz-ur-Rahman, FarmanUllah, Hamidullah. (2016) Distribution records of fruit bats Cynopterus sphinx and Rousettus leschenaultii from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, Punjab University Journal of Zoology, Volume 31, Issue 2.
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