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The ethology of the Malayan false vampire bat (Megaderma spasma), with special emphasis on auditory cues used in foraging
… strategies by the echolocating Malayan false vampire bat, Megaderma spasma. When gleaning, bats retrieve prey located upon surfaces. Because both the prey and the surface reflect sound, bats may have difficulty distinguishing echo distortions caused by relatively small prey from sound …
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Cross-scale assessment of environmental variation on RABV reservoir Desmodus rotundus
… (RABV) is regularly transmitted by the common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus). Rabies virus is extremely lethal, killing nearly 100% of infected individuals. Desmodus rotundus is a sanguivorous (blood-feeding) species that can easily transmit RABV to their prey during normal feeding behaviors, …
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Climate change and disease at the human-wildlife interface
… of the rabies host Desmodus rotundus (common vampire bat) in Latin America. Findings revealed that average and standard deviation of temperature were the most important drivers of D. rotundus geographic distribution according to species' records between 1901 and 2019. Nevertheless, high …
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NEOICHNOLOGY OF BATS: MORPHOLOGICAL, ECOLOGICAL, AND PHYLOGENETIC INFLUENCES ON TERRESTRIAL BEHAVIOR AND TRACKMAKING ABILITY WITHIN THE CHIROPTERA
Among living mammals, bats (Chiroptera) are second only to rodents in total number of species with over 1100 currently known. Extant bat species occupy many trophic niches and feeding habits, including frugivores (fruit eaters), insectivores (insect eaters), nectarivores (nectar and pollen-eaters), …
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Mechanisms of Target Discrimination by the Echolocating Bat, Vampyrum Spectrum
<p>Five specimens of the neotropical false-vampire bat, Vampyrum spectrum, were studied in an attempt to decide whether they were capable of discriminating between targets of differing shapes and sizes using echolocation alone. The study commenced with the demonstration that the bats could capture …
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Shotgun metagenomic approach to the influence of industrialization and social behavior on fecal microbiomes
… of suitable animal models, like dogs and vampire bats, to better recapitulate the effects of specific interventions that shape and alter microbiomes. In the following studies, we analyze a breadth of samples to understand how the previously aforementioned factors, diet, industrialization, …