
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kitchener, DJ 
A1  - Hudson, CJ 
T1  - Reproduction in the Female White-Striped Mastiff Bat, Tadarida australis (Gray) (Molossidae)
JF  - Australian Journal of Zoology
JO  - Aust. J. Zool.
Y1  - 1982
VL  - 30
IS  - 1
SP  - 1
EP  - 14
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/ZO9820001 
N2  - The reproductive cycle of female T, australis is outlined from examination of reproductive organs in situ and from histological techniques on museum specimens collected in Australia, south of latitude 22°S., over the last 88 years. Features of the reproductive tract and ovaries during important repro- ductive phases are described. There is a marked asymmetry of the reproductive organs, only the right ovary and uterine horn being functional. T. australis is monoestrous; there is no indication of marked differences in the timing of reproductive phases between regional populations. A single, deeply embed- ded corpus luteum occupies up to 60% of the ovary and degenerates at about the time of parturition. Apparently, most females, including young of the year, become pregnant each year, and give birth to a single young, usually between mid-December and late January, although occasionally as late as the end of February. Most young are weaned by early May. There is a short anoestrus, which is probably restricted to early lactating females, followed by a relatively long pro-oestrus. Copulation, ovulation and fertilization occur around late August. There is no evidence of hibernation. 
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