Reproductive Cycle of the Big Fruit-eating Bat, Artibeus lituratus Olfers

Tamsitt, J. R.; Valdivieso, Darío

doi:10.1038/198104a0

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“…Most males captured during the period of this study were spermatogenic suggesting they were fecund the entire year, in agreement with Tamsitt and Valdivieso (1963) for A. lituratus in Colombia. The absence of seasonal variations in the histometric parameters and testicular volume was expected since they tend to remain constant in sexually mature non-seasonal mammal breeders (Gaytan et al 1986;Parreira and Cardoso 1991;França and Russell 1998;Couto and Talamoni 2005).…”

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confidence: 85%

“…Most individuals captured after the wet season (mainly the females) were sexually immature. Pregnant females and females at all the stages of the reproductive cycle were previously observed during all months of the year in Colombia (Tamsitt and Valdivieso 1963) and in Brazil (Reis 1989). However, based on the histological analysis of the reproductive organs of females A. lituratus, Reis (1989) described two birth peaks in Brazil, one at the onset of the wet season (November) and the other at the end (March).…”

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confidence: 71%

“…This species occurs from (Wilson and Reeder 2005). Its reproductive pattern was described as bimodal polyoestrous (Fleming et al 1972), or year-round reproductive activity (Tamsitt and Valdivieso 1963) with two birth peaks (Reis 1989). In this study, we examined the male testicular cycle in the relation to the external reproductive characteristics (pregnant, lactating, and post-lactating) of the females.…”

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Reproduction of the large fruit-eating bat Artibeus lituratus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in a Brazilian Atlantic forest area

Duarte

Talamoni

2010

Mammalian Biology

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In this study we investigated the male testicular activity and the reproductive condition of females in relation to their external reproductive characteristics (pregnant, lactating, post-lactating) in the phyllostomid bat Artibeus lituratus (Olfers, 1818). Five hundred and twenty six individuals were examined (197 males and 329 females) in the period December 2001 to May 2003. Throughout the study most males displayed large scrotal testes. Thirty-three males were randomly selected for histological examination at various times throughout the year and were found to have spermatogenic testes. The reproductive characteristics of the females indicated that they were reproductively active mainly during the wet season. Pregnancy occurs at the end of the dry season and parturition in the wet season. Most individuals captured after this season, mainly the females, were sexually immature. Our results suggest a seasonal monoestrous reproductive pattern for the species; however, adult males being fertile throughout the year could suggest polyoestry. Seasonal polyoestry is a possibility. There was, however, no evidence that females had more than one pregnancy per year.

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Reproduction of the large fruit-eating bat Artibeus lituratus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in a Brazilian Atlantic forest area

Duarte

Talamoni

2010

Mammalian Biology

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“…Tamsitt & Valdivieso (1963, utilizing histological techniques on A. lituratus obtained over a 17-month period, concluded that males are capable of reproductive activity at any time of the year and that the male reproductive pattern is acyclic. They found no correlation between interstitial cell size or number and the reproductive condition.…”

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Male reproductive patterns in nonhibernating bats

Krutzsch¹

1979

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“…Based on analysis of seasonal testis activity in Southeastern Brazil, OLIVEIRA et al (2009) reported that the reproductive period of this bat coincides with the rainy season, and is followed by testicular regression before a new cycle of testicular recrudescence. However, in other studies, males have been considered fertile year-round, since they exhibit continuous spermatogenesis (TAMSITT & VALDIVIESO 1963, DUARTE & TALAMONI 2010.…”

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