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Provedor de dados: | Zoologia
País: | Brazil
Título: | Fruits as unusual food items of the carnivorous bat Chrotopterus auritus (Mammalia, Phyllostomidae) from southeastern Brazil
Autores: | Uieda,Wilson; Sato,Therys M.; Carvalho,Maria C. de; Bonato,Vinícius.
Data: | 2007-01-01
Ano: | 2007
Palavras-chave: | Carnivory; Feeding habits; Frugivory; Phyllostominae; São Paulo State.
Resumo: | We record here the occurrence of seeds of several plant species in feces found inside the day roost of Chrotoperus auritus, at the Estação Experimental de Itirapina, State of São Paulo, Southeastern Brazil, in July 2001. The roost was used by only one adult female, non pregnant, during about a month. In the feces, fur of rodent (Muridae), bone fragments, fragments of Scarabaeidae and other beetles and insects, leaves (not determined) and many seeds of Piperaceae (Piper sp.), Urticaceae (Cecropia sp.) and Solanaceae (Solanum spp. and Cestrum sp.) were found. In the gut content, insect fragments, fur of rodent (Muridae) and plant remains were found. It was discussed why this carnivorous bat would be consuming plant items.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-81752007000300035
Editor: | Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia
Relação: | 10.1590/S0101-81752007000300035
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Revista Brasileira de Zoologia  v.24 n.3 2007
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess