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Rhythm Across Species: Situating Human Speech in a Comparative Framework

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 1563, Issue 1, September 2026.
We analyzed speech rhythms from 48 human languages using methods drawn from biology and linguistics. Interonset intervals across languages are surprisingly similar, with a median value of 2 seconds., despite substantial differences in linguistic structure and prosody. A comparative rhythm analysis shows that human speech falls within the range reported
Lara S. Burchardt, Ludger Paschen, Susanne Fuchs   +2 more
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Chiroptera Personality—A Guide for Assessing Personality Variation in Bats: Ecological, Methodological and Statistical Considerations

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 8, August 2026.
This paper addresses the underrepresentation of bats in animal personality research despite their ecological importance, offering a structured guide for studying consistent individual behavioural differences in this taxon. We outline key experimental, fieldwork and annotation considerations specific to bats' unique life histories, alongside a five‐step
Theresa Schabacker, Mirjam Knörnschild
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Dispersão de sementes de Vismia cayennensis (Jacq.) Pers. (Guttiferae) por morcegos na região de Manaus, Amazonas Seed dispersal of Vismia cayennensis (Jacq.) Pers (Guttiferae) by bats in Manaus, Amazonas

Acta Botânica Brasílica, 1994
Estudou-se o comportamento alimentar de morcegos e o seu papel na dispersão de sementes de Vismia cayennensis na região de Manaus, Amazonas. As características da planta e dos frutos correspondem à síndrome de quiropterocoria.
Jader Marinho-Filho, João Vasconcellos-Neto   +1 more
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Bat Community Composition and Post‐Departure Degradation Patterns of eDNA Shed by Migratory Cave Bats

Environmental DNA, Volume 8, Issue 4, July‐August 2026.
This study evaluated airborne environmental DNA (eDNA) as a non‐invasive tool for monitoring the endangered Mexican long‐nosed bat (Leptonycteris nivalis) and other cave‐dwelling bats by examining how eDNA detections persisted after the bats' seasonal departure and varied throughout the cave.
Ashley E. Loehn, Loren K. Ammerman
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Nutrition or detoxification: why bats visit mineral licks of the Amazonian rainforest.

PLoS ONE, 2008
Many animals in the tropics of Africa, Asia and South America regularly visit so-called salt or mineral licks to consume clay or drink clay-saturated water. Whether this behavior is used to supplement diets with locally limited nutrients or to buffer the
Christian C Voigt, Krista A Capps, Dina K N Dechmann, Robert H Michener, Thomas H Kunz   +4 more
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Leucismo parcial en dos especies de Carollia (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) en Costa Rica

Mammalogy Notes, 2018
El 29 de mayo de 2003 a las 18h45 un macho de Carollia sowelli fue capturado en el Parque Nacional Tortuguero (10°25ʼ24ˮN, 83°29ʼ48ˮW) que tenía el extremo del ala derecha de color blanco (aproximadamente la mitad del área de la membrana entre los dedos ...
Bárbara I. Escobar-Anleu, José Manuel Mora   +1 more
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The raphe nuclear organization and serotonergic system in the bat (Artibeus planirostris)

Journal of Anatomy, Volume 249, Issue 1, Page 207-221, July 2026.
Schematic representation of the methodological workflow used to characterize the serotonergic (5‐HT) system in the bat Artibeus planirostris. Serotonin (5‐HT) immunohistochemistry was performed on brainstem sections to identify and map the distribution of serotonergic neurons within the raphe nuclei.
Mariana D. Leite, Andréa S. M. Bandeira, Wigínio G. L. Bandeira, Milena S. Lustosa, Ana C. F. Gama, Marília A. S. Barros, Paulo L. A. G. Morais, Jeferson S. Cavalcante, Melquisedec A. D. Santana, Expedito S. Nascimento Jr   +9 more
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Carollia perspicillata

, 2010
Carollia perspicillata (Linnaeus 1758) Distribution. Mexico to Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, southeastern Brazil and Guianas, Trinidad and Tobago, and maybe Grenada.
Marinho-Filho, Jader, Bezerra, Alexandra M. R.   +1 more
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Longitudinal Impacts of Forest Loss on Bartonella and Hemotropic Mycoplasma Dynamics in Vampire Bats Within a Fragmented Habitat

Molecular Ecology, Volume 35, Issue 13, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Habitat fragmentation can negatively impact wildlife, including increasing infectious disease risk. We assessed spatiotemporal changes in pathogen dynamics in vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus) in response to habitat fragmentation using general linear mixed models to investigate the influence of site, year, and tree cover on Bartonella spp.
Lauren R. Lock, Kristin E. Dyer, Dmitriy V. Volokhov, Anni Yang, M. Brock Fenton, Nancy B. Simmons, Daniel J. Becker   +6 more
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Stratified sampling enhances the understanding of bat–fruit networks in the southern Atlantic Forest

Oikos, Volume 2026, Issue 6, June 2026.
Few studies have sought to understand the vertical patterns of bat–fruit systems, and therefore, it is not possible to evaluate whether interpretations based on data collected from a single stratum adequately represent the interaction patterns of this system. In this context, we evaluated the dissimilarity in the assemblage of frugivorous bats, plants,
Karolaine Porto Supi, Thais Bastos Zanata, Daniela Aparecida Savariz Bôlla, Fernando Carvalho   +3 more
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