First record of predation of Nyctinomops laticaudatus (É. Geoffroy, 1805) by Chrotopterus auritus (Peters, 1856) (Mammalia: Chiroptera)

Abstract

The Wooly False Vampire Bat, Chrotopterus auritus (Peters, 1856) (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae), feeds on small mammals, birds, lizards, frogs and occasionally large insects and fruits. In this paper we report an additional evidence of bat predation by C. auritus. A male of this species was captured with a partially eaten Broad-eared Free-tailed Bat, Nyctinomops laticaudatus (É. Geoffroy, 1805) (Chiroptera: Molossidae). This record was obtained during a research project conducted in the Biological Reserve of Sooretama, Southeastern Brazil.

Bat fauna from the Sooretama Biological Reserve, southeastern Brazil

“…Two are first reports for the Espírito Santo chiropterofauna, Lonchophylla peracchii (Pimenta, Machel, Fonseca, & Ditchfield, 2010) and Molossus coibensis (Pimenta, Hoppe, Fonseca, & Ditchfield, 2014). There are also two reports on ecologic interactions, one reporting the predation of Nyctinomops laticaudatus by Chrotopterus auritus (Borloti, Pimenta, & Ditchfield, 2019) and Desmodus rotundus feeding on the lowland tapir, Tapirus terrestris (Gnocchi & Srbek-Araújo, 2017). The gray literature has two theses concerning the echolocation of Molossidae, and another for resource segregation (documents deposited at the UFES academic collection).…”