گزارش از خفاشهاي جزيره قشم

A Scientific Report about Bats in Qeshm Island, Persian Golf

A study was conducted to determine species diversity and distribution of bats in Qeshm island .Persian golf, from autumn 1999 to spring 2002. The roosting areas were identified and bats were captured by different means such as mist net and fishing nets set up by the locale people to protect the palm fruits against the fruit bats . Identification of the bat species were done by morph metric and cranial measurements. Five species of bats were identified ; one frugivore (Rousettus aegyptiacus ) and four insectivores ; Rousettus aegyptiacus Rhinopoma muscatellum Taphozus perforatus Asellia tridens Pipistrellus pipistrellus Although the existence of fruit bat had been reported so many years ago, the fruit bat ( Rousettus aegyptiacus ) was captured in this study for the first time vy the authors . No insectivore bat was reported before from Qeshm island . This was the first report of the 4 insectivorous bats in Qeshm . Based on statistical analysis, Pipistrellus pipistrellus should to have intrapopulation variation.