229E- and NL63-like coronaviruses in phyllostomid bats, Belize [PDF]
One HealthCoronaviruses (CoVs) are a diverse group of RNA viruses that infect a broad range of hosts, including many bat species. The emergence of several CoVs, specifically α-CoVs and β-coVs causing significant human and domestic animal diseases, has been linked ...
B.R. Ansil +8 more
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Decoding the Peruvian Amazon with in situ DNA barcoding of vertebrate and plant taxa [PDF]
Scientific DataSpecies extinctions in the tropics are accelerating, outpacing documentation efforts. Meanwhile, DNA barcoding is flourishing in the Global North, backed by extensive infrastructure, allowing non-taxonomic experts to identify species from nonlethal ...
Pamela Sánchez-Vendizú +39 more
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Is Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Stricto in South America? First Molecular Evidence of Its Presence in Colombia [PDF]
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2022 The genus Borrelia encompasses spirochetal species that are part of three well-defined groups. Two of these groups contain pathogens that affect humans: the group causing Lyme disease (LDG) and the relapsing fever group (RFG).
Lorys Y. Mancilla-Agrono +5 more
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Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2021 The bat genus Sturnira is widely distributed in the Neotropical region, from northwestern Mexico to northern Argentina, and four species occur in Brazil: Sturnira lilium, Sturnira giannae, Sturnira magna, and Sturnira tildae.
Amanda Cristiny da Silva Lima +6 more
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Ectoparasitic flies (Diptera: Streblidae) on bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from a Private Natural Heritage Reserve in southeastern Brazil [PDF]
Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2021 Due to the small number of records of Streblidae on bats, despite extensive study on these mammals in the state of Rio de Janeiro, a survey was carried out in an area of the Atlantic Forest.
Luis Fernando Menezes Júnior +3 more
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Hemotropic mycoplasmas in bats from forest fragments, state of Paraná, southern Brazil
Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 2022 The order Chiroptera is the second largest group of mammals with bats being identified as reservoir of several viral zoonoses, although, little is known about their role in other groups of pathogens, including hemotropic Mycoplasma spp.
Flávia Carolina Meira Collere +8 more
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New record of Sturnira bakeri Velazco & Patterson, 2014 (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from northwestern Peru [PDF]
Check List, 2016 Sturnira bakeri was recently described from southwestern Ecuador near the Peruvian border and was suggested to occur also in Peru. To confirm this hypothesis we present a morphological and morphometric revision of specimens of Sturnira collectedfrom ...
Pamela Sánchez, Victor Pacheco
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Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers for Sturnira parvidens and cross-species amplification in Sturnira species [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 Background Sturnira is one of the most species-rich genera in the Neotropics, and it is found from Mexico and the Lesser Antilles to Argentina. This genus forms a well-supported monophyletic clade with at least twenty-one recognized species, as well as ...
Edgar G. Gutiérrez +4 more
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Revista Científica de Ciencias Naturales y Ambientales, 2021 El presente estudio se realizó en la Estación Científica Pedro Franco Dávila, Jauneche, localizada en el cantón Palenque, provincia de Los Ríos. El principal objetivo fue evaluar el estado de conservación de la quiropterofauna en este remanente de ...
Andrea Au Hing, Jaime A. Salas
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Chemical characterisation of potential pheromones from the shoulder gland of the Northern yellow-shouldered-bat, Sturnira parvidens (Phyllostomidae: Stenodermatinae) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 Bats of the genus Sturnira (Family Phyllostomidae) are characterised by shoulder glands that are more developed in reproductively mature adult males. The glands produce a waxy secretion that accumulates on the fur around the gland, dyeing the fur a dark ...
Chris G. Faulkes +5 more
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