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Table 1 in Distribution and roosting ecology of the lesser mouse-tailed bat, Rhinopoma hardwickii Gray, 1831 (Chiroptera: Rhinopomatidae)

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Table 1. The morphological characteristics of lesser mouse-tailed bat, Rhinopoma hardwickii obtained in the present study and the corresponding values of previous studies (Sinha, 1980; Bates and Harrison, 1997)

Morphological characteristicsR. hardwickii (n = 51) (Mean ± SD)Sinha (1980)
Body mass (g)24.30 ± 6.05–
Head & Body length (HB)64.29 ± 4.1457 – 70
Tail length (T)66.78 ± 6.3760 – 81
Ear length (E)16.08 ± 1.4618 – 21
Tragus length (T)06.25 ± 0.676 – 8
Forearm length (FA)59.38 ± 3.0558 – 64
5th metacarpal (5MET)41.23 ± 3.42–
First phalanx of 5th metacarpal (1ph5mt)10.04 ± 0.74–
Second phalanx of 5th metacarpal (2ph5mt)09.04 ± 0.92–
4th metacarpal (4MET)36.09 ± 3.02–
First phalanx of 4th metacarpal (1ph4mt)12.00 ± 0.96–
Second phalanx of 4th metacarpal (2ph4mt)10.32 ± 0.69–
3rd Metacarpal (3MET)42.57 ± 2.51–
First phalanx of 3rd metacarpal (1ph3mt)08.34 ± 0.91–
Second phalanx of 3rd metacarpal (2ph3mt)16.72 ± 1.11–
2nd Metacarpal (2 MET)42.06 ± 2.83–
Wing span (WSP)298.2 ± 14.17270 – 320
Thumb length06.84 ± 1.05–
Length of tibia (TIB)28.82 ± 4.5826 – 33
Hindfoot length (HF)12.49 ± 2.7013 – 17
C-Mn (Maxillary tooth-row)06.64 ± 0.71–
C-M n (Mandibular tooth-row)06.92 ± 0.87–

Notes

Published as part of Elangovan, Vadamalai, 2022, Distribution and roosting ecology of the lesser mouse-tailed bat, Rhinopoma hardwickii Gray, 1831 (Chiroptera: Rhinopomatidae), pp. 19 in Records of the Zoological Survey of India 122 (1) on page 19, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v122/i1/2022/167154, http://zenodo.org/record/10913837

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References

  • Sinha, Y. P. 1980. The bats of Rajasthan: taxonomy and zoogeography. Rec. Zool. Surv. Ind., 76: 7 - 63.
  • Bates, P. J. J. and Harrison, D. L. 1997. Bats of the Indian subcontinent. Harrison Zoological Museum Publication, Sevenoaks, Kent, pp. 1 - 258.