Predation of an American fruit-eating bat (Artibeus sp.) by an Amazon tree boa (Corallus hortulanus) in the northern Brazilian Amazon
| Autor: | William Douglas de CARVALHO, Saulo Meneses SILVESTRE, Karen MUSTIN, Renato Richard HILÁRIO, José Júlio de TOLEDO |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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| Zdroj: | Acta Amazonica, Vol 49, Iss 1, Pp 24-27 (2019) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0044-5967 1809-4392 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/1809-4392201801921 |
| Popis: | ABSTRACT We report an observation of predation by an Amazon tree boa, Corallus hortulanus, on an American fruit-eating bat, Artibeus sp., in an area of seasonal forest close to a small stream in the northern Brazilian Amazon. While bats appear to be one of the main food items of C. hortulanus, our observation is only the fourth such event to be recorded in the Brazilian Amazon. The Artibeus sp. individual was observed making distress (agony) calls continuously over a period of three hours, much longer than recorded on previous observations. Records of this type are important to further our knowledge on bat predators, and the defensive behavior of bats. |
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