Recent record of the Asiatic lesser yellow house bat (Scotophilus kuhlii) from Punjab, Pakistan

摘要

Scotophilus kuhlii Leach, 1821 has only been reported from Chaklala and Chakri in Punjab, Pakistan. We captured five specimens from Lahore in a 2-year survey from June 2009 to May 2011. This is the first report of this species from Punjab province and the first from Lahore (31°29.223 N, 074°24.632 E) since the 1920s. The external body, cranial and bacular measurements of the captured specimens were compared with the available literature. The forearm length (n=5) was 49.40±3.03 mm, the greatest length of the skull (n=4) was 18.98±0.61 mm and C-M~3 (n=4) was 6.27±0.49 mm. The echolocation call parameters of 25 pulses from five calls of the species were also analyzed. The mean frequency of maximum energy was 56.9±3.6 kHz, the mean start and end call frequencies were 103.5±12.3 kHz and 50.6± 1.0 kHz, respectively.