TY - JOUR
T1 - Diet of natalus mexicanus (Chiroptera, natalidae) in a semi-evergreen forest in oaxaca, Mexico
AU - Santos-Moreno, Antonio
AU - Soriano-Cruz, Marina
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Santos-Moreno, M. Soriano-Cruz.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - We investigated the diet composition of Natalus mexicanus in a semi-evergreen forest in the state of Oaxaca, in the southeast of Mexico, using fecal analysis. The diet was composed of eight arthropod orders, the most abundant and important preys being members of the orders Diptera, Coleoptera, Hemiptera, and Hymenoptera. We did not observe significant differences in diet composition between males and females or in proportions consumed by the bats and those obtained through collections with light traps. In the study area, N. mexicanus is a species with a generalist opportunist diet.
AB - We investigated the diet composition of Natalus mexicanus in a semi-evergreen forest in the state of Oaxaca, in the southeast of Mexico, using fecal analysis. The diet was composed of eight arthropod orders, the most abundant and important preys being members of the orders Diptera, Coleoptera, Hemiptera, and Hymenoptera. We did not observe significant differences in diet composition between males and females or in proportions consumed by the bats and those obtained through collections with light traps. In the study area, N. mexicanus is a species with a generalist opportunist diet.
KW - Coleoptera
KW - Diptera
KW - Diversity
KW - Hemiptera
KW - Hymenoptera
KW - Insecta
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U2 - 10.3897/neotropical.14.e46957
DO - 10.3897/neotropical.14.e46957
M3 - Artículo
SN - 1809-9939
VL - 14
SP - 591
EP - 598
JO - Neotropical Biology and Conservation
JF - Neotropical Biology and Conservation
IS - 4
ER -