Abstract
During the present study thirteen Megaderma lyra bats were observed roosting in dark, domed shaped room of Rohtas Fort, district Jhelum. Out of these, six specimens were captured from the roosting site, using hand net. All captured specimens were male. These bats were identified through their unique facial features, an erect and elongated nose-leaf, large oval ears that joined above the forehead and no tail. Mean head and body length of captured specimens was 80 mm, forearm length was 67 mm while average lengths of 3rd, 4th and 5th metacarpals were 51.73 mm, 55.17 mm and 60.42 mm, respectively. Mean skull length was 29.84 mm, breadth of braincase was 12.77 mm. Average Penis length of two specimens was 6.6 mm and total bacular length was 3.08 mm respectively. This is the first record of Megaderma lyra from district Jhelum.
Highlights
Chiroptera (Bats Blumenbach., 1779) are very famous for their extensive worldwide occurrence, high population densities, high diversity, and common usage of metropolitan habitats (in particular, close to the human surroundings as well as buildings and stables incidence in big cities (Dekker et al, 2013; Ullah et al, 2019; Rahman et al, 2015).The members of family Megadermatidae are confined to the old world tropics (Bates and Harrison, 1997)
This family is represented in Pakistan by a single species Megaderma lyra
Megaderma lyra play a vital role in controlling of the pest populations, so present study was designed to ascertain the presence or absence of this species from district Jhelum from where they has not been reported prior to the present study
Summary
Chiroptera (Bats Blumenbach., 1779) are very famous for their extensive worldwide occurrence, high population densities, high diversity, and common usage of metropolitan habitats (in particular, close to the human surroundings as well as buildings and stables incidence in big cities (Dekker et al, 2013; Ullah et al, 2019; Rahman et al, 2015).The members of family Megadermatidae are confined to the old world tropics (Bates and Harrison, 1997). 13 morcegos Megadermalyra foram observados empoleirados em uma sala escura em forma de cúpula no Forte Rohtas, distrito de Jhelum, dos quais 6 espécimes foram capturados no local usando rede manual. This family is represented in Pakistan by a single species Megaderma lyra.
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