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Diseases, 2022 The reservoir for zoonotic o’nyong-nyong virus (ONNV) has remained unknown since this virus was first recognized in Uganda in 1959. Building on existing evidence for mosquito blood-feeding on various frugivorous bat species in Uganda, and seroprevalence ...
Rebekah C. Kading +17 more
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Feeding habits define habitat use by bats in an agricultural landscape of the Atlantic Forest
Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2020 Agricultural expansion and fragmentation of native habitats is considered to be the major cause of declining biodiversity worldwide, negatively impacting the provision and maintenance of nature’s contributions to people.
Rafael Souza Laurindo +5 more
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Differential fruit choice in two simpatric monkey species and frugivorous bats in southern Mexico
Acta Biológica Colombiana, 2018 In order to identify the role played by plant species as a food source in the fruit election of dispersing agents (Alouatta pigra Lawrence 1933, Ateles geoffroyi Kuhl 1820 and frugivorous bats), we developed a study in dry tropical forests in Yucatan ...
Henry Fernando Dzul-Cauich +3 more
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Three‐dimensional digital analysis of musteloid masticatory muscle architecture
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Musteloids span an enormous breadth of dietary modes within a single superfamily. In this study, we utilize digital dissection techniques to reconstruct the internal 3D anatomy of muscles within the musteloid feeding apparatus, and explore how dietary specializations might alter the size, orientation, and curvature of fascicles therein.
Cassidy E. Davis +6 more
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Bat assemblage and its frugivorous diet in a Eucalyptus plantation
Anais da Academia Brasileira de CiênciasAbstract Habitat loss and fragmentation have enormous impacts on biodiversity and tree plantations can help alleviate these impacts. We study bat assemblage, as well as the diet of frugivorous bats in a managed <italic>Eucalyptus</italic> plantation of sustainable use in Rio Claro, São Paulo state, Brazil.
FÁBIO ANDRÉ F. JACOMASSA +3 more
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Tissue Distribution of the MERS-Coronavirus Receptor in Bats
Scientific Reports, 2017 Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) has been shown to infect both humans and dromedary camels using dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP4) as its receptor. The distribution of DPP4 in the respiratory tract tissues of humans and camels reflects
W. Widagdo +8 more
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Biology Open, 2021 The postprandial blood glucose level is very high for the body size in frugivorous bats. Like other homeotherms, bats release heat during digestion of dietary macronutrients.
Venkatesh Nagarajan-Radha +1 more
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Bite force estimates and morphological correlations of jaw muscles in parrots
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Parrots (Order: Psittaciformes) are renowned for their high bite force (BF) and morphological correlates thereof, including a highly mobile skull and two unique mandibular adductor muscles—m. pseudomasseter and m. ethmomandibularis, with the former being hypothesized to increase force output.
Ana Carolina L. Faillace +3 more
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PLoS ONE, 2015 Bats are an ideal mammalian group for exploring adaptations to fasting due to their large variety of diets and because fasting is a regular part of their life cycle.
Lei Zhu +3 more
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Diversity of Bartonella and Rickettsia spp. in Bats and Their Blood-Feeding Ectoparasites from South Africa and Swaziland. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 In addition to several emerging viruses, bats have been reported to host multiple bacteria but their zoonotic threats remain poorly understood, especially in Africa where the diversity of bats is important.
Muriel Dietrich +7 more
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