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Provedor de dados: 	36	
País: 	Brazil	
Título: 	Predation of bat (Molossus molossus: Molossidae) by the centipede Scolopendra viridicornis (Scolopendridae) in Southern Amazonia	
Autores: 	NORONHA,Janaina da Costa de; BATTIROLA,Leandro Dênis; CHAGAS JÚNIOR,Amazonas; MIRANDA,Robson Moreira de; CARPANEDO,Rainiellen de Sá; RODRIGUES,Domingos de Jesus.	
Data: 	2015-09-01	
Ano: 	2015	
Palavras-chave: 	Chilopoda; Chiroptera; Feeding behavior.	
Resumo: 	Centipedes are opportunistic carnivore predators, and large species can feed on a wide variety of vertebrates, including bats. The aim of this study was to report the third record of bat predation by centipedes worldwide, the first record in the Amazon region, while covering aspects of foraging, capture and handling of prey. We observed the occurence in a fortuitous encounter at Cristalino State Park, located in the Amazon region of the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. The attack took place in a small wooden structure, at about three meters from the floor, and was observed for 20 minutes. During the observation, the centipede stung the neck and abdominal region of the bat several times, grabbing the prey with its 15 pairs of front legs while hanging from the ceiling with its hind legs. This type of observation suggests that vertebrates can be important preys for invertebrates such as giant centipedes, both for its nutritional composition and for the amount of energy available in a single prey.	
Tipo: 	Info:eu-repo/semantics/other	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59672015000300333	
Editor: 	Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia	
Relação: 	10.1590/1809-4392201404083	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Acta Amazonica  v.45 n.3 2015	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess