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Seasonal variation in food availability and relative importance of dietary items in the Gambian epauletted fruit bat (Epomophorus gambianus)

Ecology and Evolution, 2019
The Gambian epauletted fruit bat (Epomophorus gambianus) is very common across a variety of West African habitats, but very little information is available on its feeding ecology or its contribution to ecosystem function.
Kofi Amponsah‐Mensah, Andrew A. Cunningham, James L. N. Wood, Yaa Ntiamoa‐Baidu   +3 more
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Discovery and Characterization of Bukakata orbivirus (Reoviridae:Orbivirus), a Novel Virus from a Ugandan Bat

Viruses, 2019
While serological and virological evidence documents the exposure of bats to medically-important arboviruses, their role as reservoirs or amplifying hosts is less well-characterized.
Anna C. Fagre, Justin S. Lee, Robert M. Kityo, Nicholas A. Bergren, Eric C. Mossel, Teddy Nakayiki, Betty Nalikka, Luke Nyakarahuka, Amy T. Gilbert, Julian Kerbis Peterhans, Mary B. Crabtree, Jonathan S. Towner, Brian R. Amman, Tara K. Sealy, Amy J. Schuh, Stuart T. Nichol, Julius J. Lutwama, Barry R. Miller, Rebekah C. Kading   +18 more
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CORRELATION BETWEEN THE POSITION OF THE BONY PELVIS AND THE VERTEBRAL COLUMN IN SOME MAMMALS [PDF]

Assiut Veterinary Medical Journal, 1987
Four different mammals; rabbit, cat, fruit bat and man were chosen in this study. Each mammal has its own locomotion habit and posture. A total number of fourty animals, ten for each mammal, was used.
M.N.M. SALEH, R.S. MOHAMED, M.A. GABR, A.T. GALAL   +3 more
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An old collection reveals an additional distribution record of the Greater Long-tongued Fruit Bat Macroglossus sobrinus K. Anderson, 1911 (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) from southern West Bengal, India

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2018
Greater Long-tongued Fruit Bat Macroglossus sobrinus K Anderson, 1911 is one of the small fruit bat found in South and Southeast Asia. In India, this species has only been reported from northern West Bengal, Sikkim and Northeast India.
Tauseef Hamid Dar, M. Kamalakannan, C. Venkatraman, Kailash Chandra   +3 more
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A viral metagenomic survey identifies known and novel mammalian viruses in bats from Saudi Arabia.

PLoS ONE, 2019
Bats are implicated as natural reservoirs for a wide range of zoonotic viruses including SARS and MERS coronaviruses, Ebola, Marburg, Nipah, Hendra, Rabies and other lyssaviruses.
Nischay Mishra, Shamsudeen F Fagbo, Abdulaziz N Alagaili, Adam Nitido, Simon H Williams, James Ng, Bohyun Lee, Abdulkareem Durosinlorun, Joel A Garcia, Komal Jain, Vishal Kapoor, Jonathan H Epstein, Thomas Briese, Ziad A Memish, Kevin J Olival, W Ian Lipkin   +15 more
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Foraging of the Indian Short-nosed Fruit Bat Cynopterus sphinx on banana in shops and on the pieces dropped by monkeys at a temple

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2016
The Indian Short-nosed Fruit Bat Cynopterus sphinx fed on the pieces of banana fruit that were dropped by monkeys on the tower of a temple and in nearby shops.  The monkeys obtained fruits from devotees and shop owners.
A. Rathinakumar, S. Baskaran, G. Marimuthu   +2 more
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Deciphering bat influenza H18N11 infection dynamics in male Jamaican fruit bats on a single-cell level

Nature Communications
Jamaican fruit bats (Artibeus jamaicensis) naturally harbor a wide range of viruses of human relevance. These infections are typically mild in bats, suggesting unique features of their immune system.
Susanne Kessler, Bradly Burke, Geoffroy Andrieux, Jan Schinköthe, Lea Hamberger, Johannes Kacza, Shijun Zhan, Clara Reasoner, Taru S. Dutt, Maria Kaukab Osman, Marcela Henao-Tamayo, Julian Staniek, Jose Francisco Villena Ossa, Dalit T. Frank, Wenjun Ma, Reiner Ulrich, Toni Cathomen, Melanie Boerries, Marta Rizzi, Martin Beer, Martin Schwemmle, Peter Reuther, Tony Schountz, Kevin Ciminski   +23 more
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New Philippine Fruit Bats

, 1950
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
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Lagos Bat Virus, South Africa

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2006
Three more isolates of Lagos bat virus were recently recovered from fruit bats in South Africa after an apparent absence of this virus for 13 years.
Wanda Markotter, Jenny Randles, Charles E. Rupprecht, Claude T. Sabeta, Peter J. Taylor, Alex I. Wandeler, Louis H. Nel   +6 more
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Transcriptome sequencing and annotation for the Jamaican fruit bat (Artibeus jamaicensis).

PLoS ONE, 2012
The Jamaican fruit bat (Artibeus jamaicensis) is one of the most common bats in the tropical Americas. It is thought to be a potential reservoir host of Tacaribe virus, an arenavirus closely related to the South American hemorrhagic fever viruses.
Timothy I Shaw, Anuj Srivastava, Wen-Chi Chou, Liang Liu, Ann Hawkinson, Travis C Glenn, Rick Adams, Tony Schountz   +7 more
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