2001
DOI: 10.1086/319305
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Interspecific and Intraspecific Variation in Proximate, Mineral, and Fatty Acid Composition of Milk in Old World Fruit Bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae)

Abstract: We examine the effect of body mass on milk composition among Old World fruit bats, including Pteropus pumilus (0.175 kg), Pteropus rodricensus (0.265 kg), Pteropus hypomelanus (0.571 kg), and Pteropus vampyrus (1.133 kg). We describe intra- and interspecific differences in the proximate composition of milk among these four species and the minerals and fatty acids in the milk of the latter two species. There were no differences between species in the concentrations of dry matter, fat, or lactose in milk. Howeve… Show more

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“…These predominant TAG peaks correspond to previously published reports on the dominant nonaquatic mammalian esterified FA moieties consisting of palmitic and oleic acids (Mattson et al 1964;Christie et al 1972), where in adipose tissue palmitic acid normally occupies position 1 on the TAG and oleic acid occupies position 3 (Brockerhoff et al 1966). The dominance of palmitic and oleic FFAs has also been reported in milk of big brown bats, little brown bats (Kunz et al 1983), and old world fruit bats (little golden-mantled flying fox, Pteropus pumilus Miller, 1911; Rodriguez flying fox, Pteropus rodricensis Dobson, 1878; variable flying fox, Pteropus hypomelanus Temminck, 1853; large flying fox, Pteropus vampyrus (L., 1758)) (Hood et al 2001).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 87%
“…These predominant TAG peaks correspond to previously published reports on the dominant nonaquatic mammalian esterified FA moieties consisting of palmitic and oleic acids (Mattson et al 1964;Christie et al 1972), where in adipose tissue palmitic acid normally occupies position 1 on the TAG and oleic acid occupies position 3 (Brockerhoff et al 1966). The dominance of palmitic and oleic FFAs has also been reported in milk of big brown bats, little brown bats (Kunz et al 1983), and old world fruit bats (little golden-mantled flying fox, Pteropus pumilus Miller, 1911; Rodriguez flying fox, Pteropus rodricensis Dobson, 1878; variable flying fox, Pteropus hypomelanus Temminck, 1853; large flying fox, Pteropus vampyrus (L., 1758)) (Hood et al 2001).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 87%
“…Among the non-ruminants, such as bats (Hood et al, 2001) and primates (Milligan et al, 2008;Osthoff et al, 2009a), there is evidence that ecological (diet) factors, as well as phylogenic (genetic) factors, may contribute to differences in fatty acid composition of milk fat. To date, such observations among ruminants are still unclear, although it is known that members of at least the Caprinae sub-family, specifically the sheep (Ovis aries) (Haenlein & Wendorff, 2006) and goat (Capra hircus) (Park, 2006), may contain 10% -19% medium chain (8:0-12:0) fatty acids in milk fat (Talpur et al, 2009) compared with less than 10% in other ruminant milk.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Bats are the only mammals in which mothers suckle their pups until they are almost adult size (Kunz 1987;Barclay 1995;Hayssen and Kunz 1996;Hood et al 2001). In the present study, the body mass of the two pups at the onset of flight averaged 48 % of their mothers body mass and 84.5% of their mothers length of forearm.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 45%