Reproductive pattern of dog-faced fruit bat Cynopterus brachyotis muller in Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia

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Reproductive period is a critical phase for most living organisms including bats. However the influence of environmental condition on the reproductive patterns of Chiroptera in Malaysia is not well studied. The development in industries, urbanisation, animal husbandry, agriculture, and the fragmentation and isolation of natural habitats are currently affect population of bats. If there is no restriction to these man-made disturbances, it will lead to the extinction of bat populations due to loss of habitat, pollution, decreasing food resources, deliberate killing, and loss of genetic diversity. Therefore, the objective is to determine the reproductive status of C. brachyotis, to determine the effects of environmental factors on C. brachyotis reproduction and to investigate the synchronisation of reproductive patterns between male and female C. brachyotis. A study on the reproductive patterns of dog-faced fruit bat, C. brachyotis was conducted at Universiti Putra Malaysia Bintulu Campus

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