The first record of Scotozous dormeri Dobson, 1875 from Nepal with new locality records of Pipistrellus coromandra (Gray, 1838) and P. tenuis (Temminck, 1840) (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)
Author
Thapa, Sanjan
Author
Subedi, Pradeep
Author
Singh, Nanda B.
Author
Pearch, Malcolm J.
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Journal of Threatened Taxa
2012
2012-04-26
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http://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/735
journal article
10.11609/JoTT.o2906.2481-9
0974-7907
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Scotozous dormeri
Dobson, 1875
Dormer’s Bat, Dormer’s Pipistrelle.
Scotozous dormeri
Dobson, 1875: 373
. Bellary Hills,
India
.
New material
01.iv.2009
,
1 male
(adult) (CDZ
TU
_
BAT 019
),
1km
south-east of
Kusaha
,
Koshi
Tappu Wildlife Reserve
(buffer zone),
Sunsari District
,
26035
’N
&
86058
’E, elevation
83m
.
Diagnosis and description
The single specimen exhibits a greyish brown dorsal pelage with pale hair tips. The ventral surface is paler than the dorsal with individual hairs having buffy white tips. Hairs on both dorsal and ventral areas have dark brown roots; hairs on the dorsum are longer than those on the ventrum. The ears, face, and membranes are a uniform midbrown.
The skull, which is flattened dorsally, has distinct lambdoid crests. In the dentition, there is no secondary cusp on the first upper incisor (i
2
), which is large with a distinct posterior cingular cusp. The second upper incisor (i
3
) is absent. The upper canine (C
1
) has anterior and posterior cingular cusps but no secondary cusp. The first upper premolar (pm
2
), which has a crown area two-thirds that of i
2
, is intruded from the toothrow. C
1
and the second upper premolar (pm
4
) are in close proximity.
The
baculum
of CDZ TU_BAT 019 was damaged and was not examined.
Distribution in
Nepal
1km
south-east of Kusaha (this paper).
IUCN status
Least Concern (ver. 3.1, 2001)
(
Molur & Srinivasulu 2008).