Abstract:Folivory by bats is done mainly by leaf fractionation, i.e., the chewed leaves are turned into a bolus which is then pressed against these mammals’ palates to obtain the liquid fraction dispensing the fibrous portion. In this work, folivory by neotropical bats was analyzed by carrying out a bibliographic research in Web of Science, Google Scholar, and Capes Periodicals academic databases with the following keywords and combinations: “Folivory" and "Bats"; "Leaves" and "Bats"; "Chiroptera" and "Folivory", for a… Show more
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