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A record of hypertrophy of the tragus of great fruit-eating bat Artibeus lituratus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae)

open access: yesRevista Peruana de Biología, 2020
In this work, we report and describe evidence of an anomaly in the tragus of an individual of Artibeus lituratus, captured in the Central Andes of Colombia.
Andrés F. Tamayo-Zuluaga   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Diversity in the organization of elastin bundles and intramembranous muscles in bat wings [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Unlike birds and insects, bats fly with wings composed of thin skin that envelops the bones of the forelimb and spans the area between the limbs, digits, and sometimes the tail.
Fenton MB   +8 more
core   +2 more sources

Bat Influenza A(HL18NL11) Virus in Fruit Bats, Brazil

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2019
Screening of 533 bats for influenza A viruses showed subtype HL18NL11 in intestines of 2 great fruit-eating bats (Artibeus lituratus). High concentrations suggested fecal shedding.
Angélica Cristine Almeida Campos   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

Taxa e velocidade de germinação de sementes de Cecropia pachystachya Trécul (Cecropiaceae) ingeridas por Artibeus lituratus (Olfers, 1818) (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) - DOI: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v29i4.879

open access: yesActa Scientiarum: Biological Sciences, 2008
O objetivo deste trabalho foi verificar se o morcego frugívoro Artibeus lituratus pode ser considerado indutor na germinação de sementes de Cecropia pachystachya, sendo avaliadas a taxa e a velocidade de germinação das sementes em diferentes condições ...
Ricardo Anghinoni Bocchesi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bat (Chiroptera) assemblages in three Cerrado fragments of Mato Grosso do Sul, southwestern Brazil [PDF]

open access: yesCheck List, 2014
Despite its high species richness and large area, the Brazilian Cerrado is a generally undervalued and under-protected biome. There are relatively few published studies of bat assemblages in this area.
Julie Shapiro, Marcelo Bordignon
doaj   +3 more sources

Consumo diurno de fruto por Artibeus lituratus en Coclé, República de Panamá

open access: yesRevista Mexicana de Mastozoología (Nueva Epoca), 2023
Se presenta la primera observación de consumo diurno de fruto en el murciélago frugívoro Artibeus lituratus en un bosque húmedo tropical de la República de Panamá. El individuo fue observado alimentándose de día en un árbol de guayaba (Myrtaceae). Se trata del primer caso reportado de este inusual comportamiento en Centroamérica.
Zuleima Sánchez   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

Catalogue of the ectoparasitic insects of the bats of Argentina [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
Taxonomy and distribution of the ectoparasitic insects of bats from Argentina, are reviewed. Seventeen species of Diptera (six of Nycteribiidae and eleven of Streblidae), six species of Siphonaptera (four ofIschnopsyllidae, one of Pulicidae, and one ...
Autino, Analia G., Claps, Guillermo L.
core   +1 more source

Abundância e frugivoria da quiropterofauna (Mammalia, chiroptera) de um fragmento no noroeste do Estado do Paraná, Brasil - doi: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v32i3.5351

open access: yesActa Scientiarum: Biological Sciences, 2010
A abundância e a frugivoria de morcegos que compõem a taxocenose em uma área de mata ripária, à margem esquerda do rio Ivaí, foram foco do presente estudo.
João Eduardo Cavalcanti Brito   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pollen essential amino acids shape bat–flower interaction networks

open access: yesFunctional Ecology, Volume 39, Issue 11, Page 3311-3324, November 2025.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Although pollen consumption by phytophagous bats has long been documented, the role of its protein and amino acid content in driving plant–pollinator interactions remains largely overlooked.
Fernando Gonçalves   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Litomosoides brasiliensis (Nematoda: Onchocercidae) infecting chiropterans in the Legal Amazon region, Brazil

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2022
Chiropterans play an important role in the maintenance of the environmental balance, since they are pollinators, seed dispersers and predators. They contribute to transmission and spreading of microorganisms such as helminths, fungi, protozoa, bacteria ...
Thaliane França Costa   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

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