Fruits as unusual food items of the carnivorous bat Chrotopterus auritus (Mammalia, Phyllostomidae) from southeastern Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Zoologia

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 844-847

  Uieda, Wilson ^a   Sato, Therys M ^b   De Carvalho, Maria C ^a   Bonato, Vinícius ^c  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carnivory; Feeding habits; Frugivory; Phyllostominae; S o Paulo State

Indexed keywords

CECROPIA; CESTRUM; CHROTOPTERUS AURITUS; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE; PHYLLOSTOMINAE; PIPERACEAE; RODENTIA; SCARABAEIDAE; SOLANACEAE; SOLANUM; URTICACEAE;

EID: 37649015357     PISSN: 01018175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0101-81752007000300035     Document Type: Article

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