The duration of the period of hibernation of three species of
vespertilionid bats.
Microchiropterans particularly
vespertilionid bats feed on insects and may play an important role in the agro-ecosystems of Pakistan.
Krishna, "Localization of adiponectin and its receptor and its possible roles in the ovary of a
vespertilionid bat, Scotophilus heathi," General and Comparative Endocrinology, vol.
Stucki, "The male reproductive cycle of three species of Australian
vespertilionid bat," Journal of Zoology, vol.
Adiposity associated rise in leptin impairs ovarian activity during winter dormancy in
Vespertilionid bat, Scotophilus heathi.
Winter utilization of box culverts by
vespertilionid bats in southeast Texas.
They are confining themselves to only the family of the "Vespertilionidae", also called the
vespertilionid bats, which includes 316 species or about a third of all bat species.
The western small-footed myotis, Myotis ciliolabrum (Merriam 1886), is a small
vespertilionid that occurs over much of western North America from central British Columbia, southern Alberta, and southwestern Saskatchewan, Canada, southward to Chihuahua, Coahuila, and Zacatecas, Mexico (Holloway and Barclay 2001).
Boonman A and Schnitzler H-U: Frequency modulation patterns in the echolocation signals of two
vespertilionid bats.
Furthermore, in his summary of the coccidia of bats, Duszynski (2002) lists coccidians from 23
vespertilionid species compared to only five molossids.
13 0.80 123 0.24 Total 112 2.23 1530 3.39 Vertebrate Other unidentified Strata n g n I 41 Herpestes auropunctatus -1 II 136 0.89 III-1 973 2.97 (II-III) 305 1.47 III-2 184 0.97 III-3 133 0.61
Vespertilionid Bat -1 IV 8 0.17
Vespertilionid Bat -1 V 46 0.25 Misc.
For comparison, metabolic data were obtained from Nyctalus noctula, a typically hibernating
vespertilionid bat of s imilar body size and convergent foraging tactics.
Evaporative water loss in two sympatric species of
vespertilionid bat, Plecotus auritus and Myotis daubentoni: relation to foraging mode and implications for roost site selection.
Observations on the anatomy, histology and histochemistry of the stomach of the
vespertilionid bat, Miniopterus schreibersii (Kuhl).
Well-known examples of such a discrepancy are the Palaearctic
vespertilionid bats of the Myotis mystacinus morphogroup (Ruedi & Mayer 2001, von Helversen et al.