TY - JOUR
T1 - Casos de cuidado aloparental induzido em morcego-de-cauda-curta
AU - Castillo-Figueroa, Dennis
AU - Stukenholtz, Erin E.
AU - Stevens, Richard D.
AU - Pérez-Torres, Jairo
N1 - Funding Information:
We are thankful to Maria Alejandra Cely-Gomez, Daniel Peña, Natalia Borray for help during field trips. Elías Gómez and Flor Daza for allowing access to the cave and lodging in their premises. This study is part of the project Ecology of Bats in Cave Systems in the Department of Santander supported by the Pontificia Universidad Jave-riana (ID 5696). Two anonymous reviewers substantially improved the manuscript.
Funding Information:
We are thankful to Maria Alejandra Cely-Gomez, Daniel Peña, Natalia Borray for help during field trips. Elías Gómez and Flor Daza for allowing access to the cave and lodging in their premises. This study is part of the project Ecology of Bats in Cave Systems in the Department of Santander supported by the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (ID 5696). Two anonymous reviewers substantially improved the manuscript.
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PY - 2018/10/1
Y1 - 2018/10/1
N2 - Alloparental care has been reported in over 120 mammalian species. Here, we describe the first observed cases of induced alloparental care in Seba’s short-tailed fruit bat (Ca-rollia perspicillata) at Macaregua cave (Santander, Colombia). As a part of a reproductive study, specimens of C. perspicillata were sampled between June and August 2015. During two separate occasions, we observed the willingness of lactating females to accept and carry abandoned pups, after we put a female and a non-parental pup together. Additional data is needed to confirm adoption capacity of Seba’s short-tailed fruit bat. This is the first observation of potentially cooperative behavior in this species.
AB - Alloparental care has been reported in over 120 mammalian species. Here, we describe the first observed cases of induced alloparental care in Seba’s short-tailed fruit bat (Ca-rollia perspicillata) at Macaregua cave (Santander, Colombia). As a part of a reproductive study, specimens of C. perspicillata were sampled between June and August 2015. During two separate occasions, we observed the willingness of lactating females to accept and carry abandoned pups, after we put a female and a non-parental pup together. Additional data is needed to confirm adoption capacity of Seba’s short-tailed fruit bat. This is the first observation of potentially cooperative behavior in this species.
KW - Alloparenting
KW - Chiroptera
KW - Colombia
KW - Cooperative behavior
KW - Lactating females
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85062727320&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4013/nbc.2018.134.09
DO - 10.4013/nbc.2018.134.09
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85062727320
VL - 13
SP - 347
EP - 349
JO - Neotropical Biology and Conservation
JF - Neotropical Biology and Conservation
SN - 1809-9939
IS - 4
ER -