Foraging Behavior in Fishing Bats and Their Insectivorous Relatives

Novick, Alvin; Dale, Bruce A.

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“…Since food passage time through the digestive tract of insectivorous bats is known to be rapid (Buchler 1975), the remains from a different foraging area can appear in the bats' feces only on the first day after arriving at a different area. Novick and Dale (1971) compared between the skills of the fishing bats N. leporinus and M. vivesi and the trawling bats of the subgenus Leuconoe, all of which have large specialized feet, long fingers and similar foraging behavior. In their note Novick and Dale (1971) consider these features to be an adaptation for catching insects with their feet.…”

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Have introduced fish initiated piscivory among the long-fingered bat?

Levin¹,

Barnea²,

Yovel³

et al. 2006

Mammalian Biology

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During the winter of 2003-2004 feces were collected from a winter colony of the long-fingered bat (Myotis capaccinii) in the Hazorea cave (north-west Israel). Of the 1913 feces that were examined, 234 contained scales of Gambusia affinis -a small fish that had been introduced to Israel around 1920 in order to control mosquito larvae. The remains of spiders and five insect orders were also represented in the feces. This is the first report of a piscivorous bat in the Middle East and the first finding of fish remains in the feces of M. capaccinii. The findings show that in the north of Israel this species does not hibernate but remains active throughout the winter. It appears that the consumption of G. affinis reflects a change in the diet of these bats from insectivory to semipiscivory.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Have introduced fish initiated piscivory among the long-fingered bat?

Levin¹,

Barnea²,

Yovel³

et al. 2006

Mammalian Biology

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“…Fish-eating species share a set of morphological, functional and behavioural features with trawling insectivorous bats: both groups have large feet and long fingers armed with well developed claws, suited for capturing prey from the water surface (Brosset and Delamare Deboutteville, 1966;Brosset, 1975;Jones and Rayner, 1988), and both share relatively large and pointed wings, with high aspect ratio, fitted to allow relatively slow flight in open environments (Norberg and Rayner, 1987). Consequently, several authors have suggested a close link between trawling insectivory and piscivory, considering the former as a possible preadaptation for the latter (e.g., Novick and Dale, 1971;Jones and Rayner, 1988;Kalko et al, 1998). A recently published research on the molecular taxonomy of genus Myotis revealed that the subgenus Leuconoe (Findley, 1972), which includes all trawling myotid species, is paraphyletic, and consequently constitutes an ecomorph that has evolved independently several times (Ruedi and Mayer, 2001).…”

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Evidences of Piscivory by Myotis capaccinii (Bonaparte, 1837) in Southern Iberian Peninsula

Aihartza¹,

Goiti²,

Almenar

et al. 2003

Acta Chiropterologica

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“…Amongst the few piscivorous species, such as Myotis vivesi Menegaux, 1901(BLOOD & CLARK 1998, Noctilio leporinus (Linnaeus, 1758) is one of those best adapted to fish eating (NOVICK & DALE 1971, BROOKE 1994. Known such great bulldog bat or fishing bat, N. leporinus is the greater bat of family Noctilionidae, wich includes the lesser buldog bat Noctilio albiventris Desmarest, 1818.…”

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Diet of the fishing bat Noctilio leporinus (Linnaeus) (Mammalia, Chiroptera) in a mangrove area of southern Brazil

Bordignon

2006

Rev. Bras. Zool.

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From January to December 1999, the diet of Noctilio leporinus (Linnaeus, 1758) was determined in a salt-water ecosystem, by analysing the feces of bats captured in mist nets. Of the 61 samples analyzed, most contained remains of fish (90.2%), followed by insects (70.5%) and crustaceous (29.5%). The most frequent fishes species were: silversides Atherinella brasiliensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825), anchovies Cetengraulis edentulus (Cuvier, 1829) and scaly sardines Ophisthonema oglinum (Lesueur, 1818). The most frequent insects were moths (Saturniidae) and beetles (Cerambycidae, Scarabaeidae and Coccinellidae), as well as two species of bat ectoparasites (Streblidae). Among the crustaceous the shrimp (Palaemonidae) and crabs (Gecarcinidae) are was present. The consumption of fish, insects and crustaceans was different for the males and females throughout the year.

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Foraging Behavior in Fishing Bats and Their Insectivorous Relatives

Cited by 28 publications

References 7 publications

Have introduced fish initiated piscivory among the long-fingered bat?

Have introduced fish initiated piscivory among the long-fingered bat?

Evidences of Piscivory by Myotis capaccinii (Bonaparte, 1837) in Southern Iberian Peninsula

Diet of the fishing bat Noctilio leporinus (Linnaeus) (Mammalia, Chiroptera) in a mangrove area of southern Brazil

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