Table 1. The morphological characteristics of lesser mouse-tailed bat, Rhinopoma hardwickii obtained in the present study and the corresponding values of previous studies (Sinha, 1980; Bates and Harrison, 1997) Morphological characteristicsR. hardwickii (n = 51) (Mean ± SD)Sinha (1980)Body mass (g)24.30 ± 6.05–Head & Body length (HB)64.29 ± 4.1457 – 70Tail length (T)66.78 ± 6.3760 – 81Ear length (E)16.08 ± 1.4618 – 21Tragus length (T)06.25 ± 0.676 – 8Forearm length (FA)59.38 ± 3.0558 – 645th metacarpal (5MET)41.23 ± 3.42–First phalanx of 5th metacarpal (1ph5mt)10.04 ± 0.74–Second phalanx of 5th metacarpal (2ph5mt)09.04 ± 0.92–4th metacarpal (4MET)36.09 ± 3.02–First phalanx of 4th metacarpal (1ph4mt)12.00 ± 0.96–Second phalanx of 4th metacarpal (2ph4mt)10.32 ± 0.69–3rd Metacarpal (3MET)42.57 ± 2.51–First phalanx of 3rd metacarpal (1ph3mt)08.34 ± 0.91–Second phalanx of 3rd metacarpal (2ph3mt)16.72 ± 1.11–2nd Metacarpal (2 MET)42.06 ± 2.83–Wing span (WSP)298.2 ± 14.17270 – 320Thumb length06.84 ± 1.05–Length of tibia (TIB)28.82 ± 4.5826 – 33Hindfoot length (HF)12.49 ± 2.7013 – 17C-Mn (Maxillary tooth-row)06.64 ± 0.71–C-M n (Mandibular tooth-row)06.92 ± 0.87–

Published as part of Elangovan, Vadamalai, 2022, Distribution and roosting ecology of the lesser mouse-tailed bat, Rhinopoma hardwickii Gray, 1831 (Chiroptera: Rhinopomatidae), pp. 19 in Records of the Zoological Survey of India 122 (1) on page 19, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v122/i1/2022/167154, http://zenodo.org/record/10913837