First record of Tonatia bidens bats foraging on moss

Authors

  • Júlia Lins Luz Piper 3D – Pesquisa, Educação e Consultoria Ambiental, Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brasil
  • Elizabete Captivo Lourenço Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Evolução, Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro/UERJ, Laboratório de Ecologia de Mamíferos, Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brasil
  • Luciana Costa rograma de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Evolução, Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro/UERJ, Laboratório de Ecologia de Mamíferos, Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brasil
  • Fernando Israel Carneiro Programa de Pós-Graduação em Botânica da Escola Nacional de Botânica Tropical/JBRJ, Rua Pacheco Leão, 2040, Solar da Imperatriz, Horto, Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brasil
  • Martha Lima Brandão Fioantar – Vice presidência de produção e inovação em saúde/VPPIS/Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brasil
  • Caio Salles Associação Brasileira de Combate ao Lixo no Mar/ABLM; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecoturismo e Conservação/PPGEC, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro/UNIRIO. Brasil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37002/biodiversidadebrasileira.v14i3.2397

Keywords:

Bryophyte, Chiroptera, diet, dispersion

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.

 

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2024-09-17

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Vol. 14 No. 3 (2024): Programa Nacional de Monitoramento da Biodiversidade - Programa Monitora - 10 anos

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