STUDY ON THE MORPHOLOGY OF FEMALE GENITAL TRACT OF BATS ROUSETTUS LESCHENAULTI, MEGADERMA LYRA LYRA AND HIPPOSIDEROS SPEORIS

The variations in female reproductive tract among the most of the orders of bats are found in India and in all over the world. The variations in respect with the development and structure of Ovaries, fallopian tube, the development of external and internal features of uterus, fusion of uterine cornua, expansion of the common uterine body, elaboration of cervical region. The present study showing the comparison of female reproductive tract among the three species of bats Rousettus leschenaulti, Megaderma lyra lyra and Hipposideros speoris. The differences are found in uterine horn, uterine body cervical region and vagina in respect with length and thickness. No differences found in ovaries and fallopian tubes in all the three species of bats. This study providing a phylogenetic framework to evaluate critically structural and functional data sets in the evolution of bat families