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ABSTRACT. Seasonal, monthly and hourly activity patterns of nine bat species were studied based on their capture rates at the Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural Feliciano Miguel Abdala (RPPN-FMA), Caratinga, Minas Gerais state, southeastern Brazil. The frugivorous and nectarivorous bat species have their activity closely related to the availability of food. Divergence in monthly and hourly activity is discussed for pairs of similar species and the hypothesis of reduction in competition for nectarivorous and frugivorous species are rejected. Further studies on frugivores-plants interactions should be conducted to assess the long term consequences for the whole system at the RPPN-MFA.

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ABSTRACT. Food habits ofthe giant armadillo (Xenarthra, Dasypodidae) in an area of grassland of central Brasil. The diel 01' lhe gianl armadillo -Priodontes maxillllls (Kerr, 1792) -was studied in lhe field at Fazenda São Miguel, Unaí, Minas Gerais, Brazil, through 82 samples collected at foraging excavations and 25 fecal samples. In both types of sample the most common item was insects (lsoptera e Hymenoptera) and, in less quantity, plant fragments and others invel1ebrates (Aranae, Blattaria, Coleoptera, Diplopoda, Scorpiones). These data suggest the gianl allnadillo is a specialist on insecls with an opportunistic foraging stralegy.