LIPID DEPOSITS IN PREGNANT AND NONPREGNANT BATS (PIPISTRELLUS-PIPISTRELLUS)

Studied the white and brown adipose tissues of female bats (Pipistrell us pipistrellus) in order to ascertain differences in relative lipid, fatty acid and phospholipid contents that might be related to pregnanc y. Relative lipids were higher in the white adipose tissue of pregnant bats than in that of nonpregnant bats, and the same was true for phos pholipids in the brown adipose tissue. Pregnancy in P. pipistrellus co uld be responsible for the changes in the length and unsaturation of s ome fatty acids in both kinds of adipose tissue.