Domestic cat predation on vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus) while foraging on goats, pigs, cows and human beings

Delpietro, Horacio; Konolsaisen, F.; Marchevsky, Naúm; Russo, G. De Boni

doi:10.1016/0168-1591(94)90134-1

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“…Predation records of Desmodus rotundus on other wild mammals are still known, such as the South American Sea Lions, Otaria flavescens (Shaw, 1800), on islands along the coast of Peru (Catenazzi & Donelly 2008) (Galetti et al 2016). There are also reports of attacks on goats, cows and domestic pigs on farms in Argentina (Delpietro et al 1994) and in different locations in the Amazon region, including attacks on domestic dogs (e.g. Bobrowiec 2012, Bobrowiec et al 2015.…”

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“…To avoid predation, hematophagous bats exhibit cryptic foraging behavior, hunting their prey preferentially on darkest hours of the night (Flores-Crespo et al 1974) and/or on darker nights (Delpietro et al 1994). This behavior is corroborated by that recorded on the present study.…”

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“…Delpietro et al 1994, Bobrowiec 2012, Bobrowiec et al 2015. These animals are frequently grouped in rural properties, being easily detected by Common Vampire Bats (Delpietro et al 1994). …”

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“…Common Vampire Bats use visual, acoustic and olfactory sensory abilities (Joermann et al 1988) and infrared imaging pit organs (Campbell et al 2002) to detect their potential prey, so they may also usually feed on livestock, horses, mules, goats, sheep, swine, and domestic birds (e.g. Delpietro et al 1994, Bobrowiec 2012, Bobrowiec et al 2015. These animals are frequently grouped in rural properties, being easily detected by Common Vampire Bats (Delpietro et al 1994).…”

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Common Vampire Bat (Desmodus rotundus) feeding on Lowland Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) in an Atlantic Forest remnant in southeastern Brazil

Gnocchi

Srbek‐Araujo

2017

Biota Neotrop.

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There are few studies on the diet of Common Vampire Bat (Desmodus rotundus), despite its wide geographic distribution. The species is considered exclusively hematophagous, and medium and large-sized mammals are their main prey. In this study we report evidences of Common Vampire Bat feeding on Lowland Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) in a protected area located in the north of the state of Espírito Santo, southeastern Brazil, from camera trap records. The bat tried to access the Lowland Tapir by the posterior dorsolateral side of the body, and used the mean stratum of the vegetation as a point of support and observation between the consecutive offensives on the prey. In the same reserve, there were also two events of bat offensives on domesticated ox (Bos sp.). But in these cases the attacks occurred from the scapular region of the prey. The record here reported represents the first documented attack of Desmodus rotundus on Tapirus terrestris in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest and one of the first records in the South America as a whole. Previous records were in the Pantanal (Brazil) and in the Amazon rainforest (Ecuador). The feeding on wild and domestic prey by Desmodus rotundus in the same locality may favor the transmission of rabies to populations of wild mammals, as well as to domestic animals, and may represent an economic and public health issue with negative effects also for wildlife.

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confidence: 99%

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Delpietro et al 1994, Bobrowiec 2012, Bobrowiec et al 2015. These animals are frequently grouped in rural properties, being easily detected by Common Vampire Bats (Delpietro et al 1994). …”

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confidence: 99%

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Common Vampire Bat (Desmodus rotundus) feeding on Lowland Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) in an Atlantic Forest remnant in southeastern Brazil

Gnocchi

Srbek‐Araujo

2017

Biota Neotrop.

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“…This is exemplified by the detection of a small sequence fragment of bovine CoV in vampire bat faeces (Brandão et al, 2008), which could hypothetically result from feeding on cattle. Further studies on bat CoV could therefore focus on animals with close bat contact, such as prey of vampire bats or feline, canine and nonhuman primate bat predators (Delpietro et al, 1994;Rodriguez-Duran et al, 2010;Souza et al, 1997;Taylor & Lehman, 1997).…”

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Highly diversified coronaviruses in neotropical bats

Corman

Rasche

Diallo

et al. 2013

Journal of General Virology

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Bats host a broad diversity of coronaviruses (CoVs), including close relatives of human pathogens. There is only limited data on neotropical bat CoVs. We analysed faecal, blood and intestine specimens from 1562 bats sampled in Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador and Brazil for CoVs by broad-range PCR. CoV RNA was detected in 50 bats representing nine different species, both frugivorous and insectivorous. These bat CoVs were unrelated to known human or animal pathogens, indicating an absence of recent zoonotic spill-over events. Based on RNAdependent RNA polymerase (RdRp)-based grouping units (RGUs) as a surrogate for CoV species identification, the 50 viruses represented five different alphacoronavirus RGUs and two betacoronavirus RGUs. Closely related alphacoronaviruses were detected in Carollia perspicillata and C. brevicauda across a geographical distance exceeding 5600 km. Our study expands the knowledge on CoV diversity in neotropical bats and emphasizes the association of distinct CoVs and bat host genera.

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