Abstract
A two year survey extending from June 2010 through May 2012 was conducted in Malakand, Dir and Swat districts in Malakand division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK). Twenty two desert yellow bat (Scotoecus pallidus) specimens were captured using mist and hand nets. The morphological features of the captured specimens were compared with available literature. This paper documents first record of S. pallidus from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Mohammad Salim, Arshad Javid, Ali Hussain, Faiz-ur-Rahman, Hamidullah. (2016) First provincial record of desert yellow bat Scotoecus pallidus (Dobson, 1876) from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, Punjab University Journal of Zoology, Volume 31, Issue 2.
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