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First record of Tonatia bidens bats foraging on moss

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Cases of bryophyte consumption by vertebrates are often presumed incidental. In this paper we reported, for the first time, the behavior of foraging in moss by bats, Tonatia bidens (Phyllostomidae), in the Cagarras Archipelago Natural Monument, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Due to bryophytes low nutritional value and digestibility, we suggest that obtaining water or forage for invertebrates may be the main objectives, and that this behavior can result in moss dispersion.

Source: Biodiversidade Brasileira

DOI: 10.37002/biodiversidadebrasileira.v14i3.2397

Authors: Júlia Lins Luz, Elizabete Captivo Lourenço, Luciana de Moraes Costa, Fernando Israel Carneiro, Martha Lima Brandão, Caio Salles

Institutions: Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Language: English

Topic: Bat Biology and Ecology Studies

Subfield: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Life on land

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade