THE BATS OF PAKISTAN

This review book comprising of twelve chapters §provides information on the taxonomy, biology and §ecology of all the bat species of Pakistan. The §first chapter is about the geography and describes §different types of habitats available to bats in §the country. The second chapter describes the §diversity of bat species compares it with other bio-§geographic regions of the world. It also encompasses §the possible threats to bats in Pakistan. The §various types of echolocation calls emitted by the §bats are also described at the end of this chapter. §An illustrated identification key of bats is given §in the third chapter. From fourth chapter onward up §to the elevanth, all the 52 bat species of Pakistan §are discussed individually with an emphasis on their §their taxonomy, distribution, food, morphology, §reproduction and echolocation calls. In addition, §this book has distribution maps for all the bat §species and 78 colored plates including the §sonagrams of some bats. The book aims to help future §bat biologist of the country. It will also be of §interest to bat biologist worldwide as bats of §Pakistan belong to three zoogeographic regions of §the world.