Rediscovery of Glauconycteris superba Hayman, 1939 (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) after 40 years at Mbiye Island, Democratic Republic of the Congo [PDF]
We report the rediscovery of the Pied Butterfl y Bat, Glauconycteris superba Hayman, 1939, 40 years after this species was last recorded. The new specimen from Mbiye Island, Democratic Republic of the Congo, is compared with the type specimens of G.
De Vree, Frits +6 more
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Bats of Guilan, northern Iran: a review and uncovering novel discoveries, with comments on two key cave roosts [PDF]
Guilan province, located in northern Iran and surrounded by the Caspian Sea to the north and the Hyrcanian forests to the south, boasts the most diverse habitats in the country.
Zahra Malekpourfard, Vahid Akmali
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First record of predation of Nyctinomops laticaudatus (É. Geoffroy, 1805) by Chrotopterus auritus (Peters, 1856) (Mammalia: Chiroptera) [PDF]
The Wooly False Vampire Bat, Chrotopterus auritus (Peters, 1856) (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae), feeds on small mammals, birds, lizards, frogs and occasionally large insects and fruits.
Ianna Borloti +2 more
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The Evolution of Bat Vestibular Systems in the Face of Potential Antagonistic Selection Pressures for Flight and Echolocation [PDF]
PMCID: PMC3634842This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are ...
A Herrel +85 more
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The complete mitochondrial genome of Tylonycteris fulvida (Peters, 1872) was obtained using high-throughput sequencing technology. The genome is a circular molecule of 16,621 bp length, containing 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNA genes, 22 tRNA genes, and
Weijian Guo +3 more
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Persistence of Multiple Paramyxoviruses in a Closed Captive Colony of Fruit Bats (Eidolon helvum)
Bats have been identified as the natural hosts of several emerging zoonotic viruses, including paramyxoviruses, such as Hendra and Nipah viruses, that can cause fatal disease in humans.
Louise Gibson +6 more
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Present study on Egyptian Fruit Bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) conduct on 60 apparently healthy bats (19 young, 36 adults and 5 neonate) and designed to investigate data base in this species, bat’s morphometric measurements needed to determine all bat’s ...
Ayaat Eldeify +3 more
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Actualización de la lista de mamíferos silvestres del departamento de Córdoba, Colombia
Córdoba es uno de los departamentos de la región Caribe colombiana con mayor atención en el estudio de los mamíferos, lo cual ha permitido ampliar el listado previo que incluía 117 especies.
Julio J. Chacón Pacheco +3 more
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CityScapeLab Berlin: A Research Platform for Untangling Urbanization Effects on Biodiversity [PDF]
Urban biodiversity conservation requires an understanding of how urbanization modulates biodiversity patterns and the associated ecosystem services. While important advances have been made in the conceptual development of urban biodiversity research over
Buchholz, Sascha +4 more
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Fish and amphibians as bat predators [PDF]
Although bats (Chiroptera) belong to the most diverse mammalian orders, study of diversity of their natural predators has been seriously neglected for a long time.
Mikula, Peter
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