Free-ranging Van Gelder’s bat Bauerus dubiaquercus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) preying on dung beetles in southern Mexico

Autor:	Pedro A. Aguilar-Rodríguez, Aline Méndez-Rodríguez, Sandra M. Ospina-Garcés, M. Cristina MacSwiney G., Yossi Yovel
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	Animal Science and Zoology Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics
Zdroj:	Mammalia. 86:252-256
ISSN:	1864-1547 0025-1461
Popis:	We report the first prey species consumed by the free-ranging Van Gelder’s bat Bauerus dubiaquercus. We trapped four pregnant individuals of this species carrying freshly captured dung beetles. We describe the wing morphology and flight descriptors (wing loading and wing aspect ratio) of the species, which presents wings more suitable for capturing insects by aerial hawking, although the evidence suggests that is able to capture dung beetles of nearly 10% of its body mass in flight close to the ground. The species could obtain their prey while foraging on uncluttered pasture near forest edges.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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