Scotozous dormeri Dobson, 1875

Thapa, Sanjan, Subedi, Pradeep, Singh, Nanda B. & Pearch, Malcolm J., 2012, 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), Journal of Threatened Taxa 4 (4), pp. 2481-2489 : 2484

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).