Abstract
Little information on the making or use of tents by bats is available for Mexico, although tent-making phyllostomids are common and abundant throughout the Mexican tropics. I report the use of tents by Dermanura phaeotis in northern Nayarit, México, in the northern portion of the species’ distribution. One bat was found roosting in a boat-apical tent located in a banana (Musa paradisiaca) grove surrounded by tropical semideciduous forest. Other fronds in the same grove were similarly modified as tents.
Poco se sabe sobre los murciélagos que usan o hacen tiendas en México, a pesar de que los filostómidos que las usan como refugios son comunes y abundantes en los trópicos mexicanos. Se reporta el uso de tiendas por Dermanura phaeotis en el norte de Nayarit, México, en la porción norte de su distribución. Se encontró un individuo en una tienda del tipo bote-apical en un huerto de bananas (Musa paradisiaca) rodeado de bosque tropical subcaducifolio. Otras frondas del mismo huerto se encontraron modificadas de manera similar como tiendas.
Recommended Citation
López-González, Celia
(2020)
"Evidence of tent use by the pygmy fruit-eating bat Dermanura phaeotis (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in Nayarit, México,"
Western North American Naturalist: Vol. 80:
No.
4, Article 11.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/wnan/vol80/iss4/11