Geographic distribution and morphological variation in Mimon bennettii (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae)

Heterochromatin variation and LINE-1 distribution in Artibeus (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) from Central Amazon, Brazil

Species in the subgenus Artibeus Leach, 1821 are widely distributed in Brazil. Conserved karyotypes characterize the group with identical diploid number and chromosome morphology. Recent studies suggested that the heterochromatin distribution and accumulation patterns can vary among species. In order to assess whether variation can also occur within species, we have analyzed the chromosomal dis...

Morphological diagnoses of higher-level phyllostomid taxa (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae)

Phyllostomidae (New World leaf-nosed bats), the second most speciose chiropteran family, is one of the best-known and wellstudied chiropteran groups. Due to the ecological and morphological diversity of this family, comparative studies of phyllostomids abound in the literature, and numerous systematic and phylogenetic analyses have been published. Unfortunately, many of these studies have reach...

Seasonal variation and food deprivation in common vampire bats (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae).

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of seasonal variation and fasting on fat reserves of the common vampire bat Desmodus rotundus. Plasma free fatty acids (FFA), along with lipid content of the liver and muscles, and fatty acids from the carcass were obtained from bats fed bovine blood and from whom food was subsequently withheld for 24 and 48 h. Animals were caught during both...

Distribution, abundance and roosts of the fruit bat Artibeus fraterculus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae)

The paucity in acquiring information on the biology of species greatly contrasts with the high rates of habitat destruction and extinction. Basic biological questions (e.g., where a species lives? how common or rare is it? and, what structures it uses as roosting sites?) remain largely unanswered for the majority of species in the planet (Wilson, 1999). Answers to these and other questions will...

Reproduction of Chrotopterus auritus (Peters) in captivity (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae).