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Predation on Northern Silky Anteater (Cyclopes dorsalis) by Tiger Rat Snake (Spilotes pullatus) in a Rainforest Fragment in Costa Rica

Biotropica, Volume 58, Issue 2, March 2026.
We report the first predation event of a northern silky anteater by a tiger rat snake. This predation underscores how little is known about the nocturnal anteater and its predators. As the snake is commensal with humans, anthropogenic habitat alterations might have exposed the anteater to a novel predation pressure.
David Becker, Emmanuel Rojas, Bernal Rodríguez‐Herrera, Ingo Grass, Thomas Hiller   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ecological-based insights into bat populations in the Yucatán Peninsula under a One Health approach: coexistence or biophobia

Frontiers in Conservation Science
The Yucatán Peninsula (YP) is home to approximately 60 bat species with differing feeding strategists that, collectively, are fundamental for the health of tropical forests. During the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, biophobic (aversive) responses towards bats were
Ma. Fernanda Sánchez-Soto, Osiris Gaona, Ricardo Mercado-Juárez, Ricardo Mercado-Juárez, Alfredo Yanez-Montalvo, Arit de León-Lorenzana, Gabriela Borja-Martínez, Gabriela Borja-Martínez, Daniela Zaldívar, Stephany Rodríguez-González, Erika N. Hernández-Villegas, Andres Moreira-Soto, Jan Felix Drexler, Gerardo Suzán, Ella Vázquez-Domínguez, Luisa I. Falcón   +15 more
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Question the Mark: A Review and Assessment of Bat Marking Practices

Mammal Review, Volume 56, Issue 1, March 2026.
We reviewed a decade of research on bats and conducted a broader systematic review to assess the nature of bat marking practices and the effects and efficacy of marks. Effects of marks on bats, mark details and marking procedures are rarely reported and further research on the effects of marks on bats and more thorough reporting are needed.
Susan C. Loeb, Joy M. O'Keefe, Robert M. R. Barclay, Alyssa B. Bennett, Ashleigh B. Cable, Sarah M. Gaulke, Fernando Gual‐Suárez, Vona Kuczynska, Cori L. Lausen, Samara Pérez‐Harp, Bradford J. Westrich   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Examination of type material of two species of Litomosoides (Filarioidea : Onchocercidae), parasites from bats ; taxonomic consequences

Parasite, 2003
Type material of Litomosoides hamletti Sandground, 1934 from Glossophaga soricina soricina in Brazil and L. penai Jiménez- Quirós & Arroyo, 1 960 from Carollia perspicillata azteca in Costa Rica, was examined.
Bain O., Guerrero R., Rodriguez B., Babayan S., Jouvenet N.   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The response of bats (Mammalia : Chiroptera) to an incidental fire on a gallery forest at a Neotropical savanna [PDF]

, 2015
O fogo é um evento comum e natural no Cerrado que pode influenciar a composição de árvores e mamíferos e mudar totalmente as condições do ambiente. Esse estudo foi desenvolvido na mata de galeria do Distrito Federal – Brazil.
Aguiar, Ludmilla Moura de Souza, Oliveira, Hernani Fernandes Magalhães de   +1 more
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Suitability of DNA extracted from archival specimens of fruit-eating bats of the genus Artibeus (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) for polymerase chain reaction and sequencing analysis

Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2008
To establish a technique which minimized the effects of fixation on the extraction of DNA from formalin-fixed tissues preserved in scientific collections we extracted DNA samples from fixed tissues using different methods and evaluated the effect of the ...
Mário Pinzan Scatena, Eliana Morielle-Versute   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluación de la composición de murciélagos en ecosistemas presentes en la comunidad La Garnacha Reserva Natural Tisey – Estanzuela, Estelí Nicaragua, II semestre 2014 [PDF]

, 2015
El presente trabajo de evaluación de la composición de murciélagos que se realiza en 3 de los ecosistemas presentes en la comunidad la Garnacha Reserva Natural Tisey-Estanzuela Estelí, con el objetivo de determinar la diversidad, riqueza, abundancia y ...
Castillo Benavidez., Ismael Fernando, Rivas Pérez, Didier Mauricio, Rodríguez, Juan Carlos   +2 more
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Segregação de recursos por diferentes espécies de morcegos (Mammalia: Chiroptera) na Reserva Biológica de Sooretama [PDF]

, 2013
Em ecologia, uma das ideias mais importantes é o princípio da exclusão competitiva, ou Lei de Gause, que afirma que duas espécies competindo pelos mesmos recursos não podem coexistir de modo estável se todos os outros fatores ecológicos forem constantes.
Chew, WC, Jiang, L, Lo, YH, Xiong, X
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First Evidence of Fallen Fruit Feeding by Bats Revealed by Camera Traps in a Tropical Dry Forest

Biotropica, Volume 57, Issue 5, September 2025.
Ground foraging among volant frugivores is an underappreciated aspect of behavioral flexibility. Here we report the first evidence of fruit bats feeding on fallen fruit, captured by camera traps in a Costa Rican tropical dry forest. These observations provide insight into the flexibility and mechanisms of coexistence among frugivores.
Allegra N. DePasquale, Theo Batchelor, Blanca Cejalvo Insausti, Eduardo José Artavia Durán, Omer Nevo, Amanda D. Melin   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Mutual Information Based Sequence Distance For Vertebrate Phylogeny Using Complete Mitochondrial Genomes [PDF]

, 2007
Traditional sequence distances require alignment. A new mutual information based sequence distance without alignment is defined in this paper. This distance is based on compositional vectors of DNA sequences or protein sequences from complete genomes ...
Anh, Vo, Mao, Z, Yu, Zuguo, Zhou, Li-Qian   +3 more
core   +2 more sources