Macaregua: the cave with the highest bat richness in Colombia

Pérez‐Torres, Jairo; Martínez-Medina, Daniela; Peñuela-Salgado, Mónica; Ríos-Blanco, María Cristina; Estrada‐Villegas, Sergio; Martínez-Luque, Leonardo

doi:10.15560/11.2.1616

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“…(); 78 Novaes and Nobre (); 79 Osburn (); 80 Patterson (); 81 von Pelzeln (); 82 Peracchi and Albuquerque (); 83 Pérez‐Torres et al. (); 84 Peters (); 85 Pinto et al. (); 86 Portella (); 87 Prone et al.…”

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Roosting ecology of Stenodermatinae bats (Phyllostomidae): evolution of foliage roosting and correlated phenotypes

Garbino

Tavares

2018

Mammal Review

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1.Roosting ecology has probably shaped several aspects of bat evolution. Although Phyllostomidae species are known to use more types of roosts than any other chiropteran lineage, foliage roosting is almost entirely restricted to the frugivorous members of the subfamily Stenodermatinae. There are relatively few studies on the roosting ecology of stenodermatines other than leaf tent users, and there have been few attempts to reconstruct the evolution of the peculiar foliage-roosting habits of these fruit bats. 2. Our aim was to reconstruct the evolution of foliage roosting in the Phyllostomidae phylogeny, and to test correlation hypotheses between roost types, pelage markings, and body size. 3. We performed ancestral character reconstructions using stochastic mappings on a molecular phylogeny of Phyllostomidae and reviewed literature records on roosts used by Stenodermatinae. Correlations between roosting habits and pelage patterns were calculated using phylogenetic logistic regressions. 4. Over 1200 records of roost use for 48 Stenodermatinae bat species were found in the literature. Most of the observations consisted of foliage roosting records; the second most common type of roost were caves and crevices, which was followed by holes in standing trees. 5. Our results support a single origin of foliage roosting in Phyllostomidae, which we interpreted as a synapomorphy uniting Rhinophyllinae with the Stenodermatinae. We estimated a minimum of two origins of tent roosting within Phyllostomidae, and our reconstruction suggests that it was basal in the Rhinophyllinae + Stenodermatinae clade. 6. Pelage markings of stenodermatines explained the type of roost, indicating that having white stripes or white spots contrasting with background pelage is related to foliage roosting. Species that use leaf tents are smaller than ones that do not, but group size does not appear to be correlated with tent use. 7. Further studies of foliage-roosting bat species that do not use leaf tents may shed light on the mode of evolution of this complex behavioural character.

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Roosting ecology of Stenodermatinae bats (Phyllostomidae): evolution of foliage roosting and correlated phenotypes

Garbino

Tavares

2018

Mammal Review

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“…Siles et al (2007) reported six to seven species in three caves in Bolivia. In Colombia, one to 10 species were reported in 13 different caves (Muñoz-Saba et al 1999;Pérez-Torres et al 2015). Two caves in Honduras had their richnesses estimated from three to five species (Divoll and Buck 2013), and from a cave in Cuba six species were recorded (Mora et al 2002).…”

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Bat assemblage in a karstic area from northern Brazil: seven new occurrences for Tocantins state, including the first record of Glyphonycteris sylvestris Thomas, 1896 for the Cerrado

Félix¹,

Novaes²,

Souza³

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The Cerrado, the second largest morphoclimatic area of South America, has many limestone outcrops with caves. However, studies of the bat fauna in karstic environments in the Cerrado are scarce. We present an inventory of bats in a karstic Cerrado area in the Tocantins state. We used mist-nets to sample caves, savannas, deciduous forests, and periurban environments. We captured 516 bats of 30 species, revealing that the study area is one of richest for bat species in the Brazilian Cerrado. Seven new occurrences of bat species were recorded for the Tocantins state, and we report the first record of G. sylvestris from the Cerrado biome. We recorded 21 species simultaneously at one cave, Gruta dos Moura, which is the highest species richness of bats for a single cave in the Neotropics.

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“…The matrix around the cave is composed of tropical dry forest and agricultural fields of tobacco, maize, beans and coffee. Thus far, the cave harbors the highest bat richness in Colom-bia, with 10 bat species (Pérez-Torres et al, 2015). Carollia perspicillata is the most abundant species in this cave and maintains a permanent colony there (Pérez-Torres et al, 2015).…”

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“…Thus far, the cave harbors the highest bat richness in Colom-bia, with 10 bat species (Pérez-Torres et al, 2015). Carollia perspicillata is the most abundant species in this cave and maintains a permanent colony there (Pérez-Torres et al, 2015). As a part of a reproductive study at Macaregua cave, individuals of C. perspicillata were sampled following the guidelines of the American Society of Mammalogists (Sikes et al, 2016) between June and August 2015 (Bohlender et al, 2018).…”

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Cases of induced alloparental care in Seba’s short-tailed fruit bat

Castillo-Figueroa

Stukenholtz

Stevens

et al. 2018

Neotropical Biology and Conservation

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Alloparental care has been reported in over 120 mammalian species. Here, we describe the first observed cases of induced alloparental care in Seba's short-tailed fruit bat (Carollia perspicillata) at Macaregua cave (Santander, Colombia). As a part of a reproductive study, specimens of C. perspicillata were sampled between June and August 2015. During two separate occasions, we observed the willingness of lactating females to accept and carry abandoned pups, after we put a female and a non-parental pup together. Additional data is needed to confirm adoption capacity of Seba's short-tailed fruit bat. This is the first observation of potentially cooperative behavior in this species.

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Macaregua: the cave with the highest bat richness in Colombia

Cited by 15 publications

References 21 publications

Roosting ecology of Stenodermatinae bats (Phyllostomidae): evolution of foliage roosting and correlated phenotypes

Roosting ecology of Stenodermatinae bats (Phyllostomidae): evolution of foliage roosting and correlated phenotypes

Bat assemblage in a karstic area from northern Brazil: seven new occurrences for Tocantins state, including the first record of Glyphonycteris sylvestris Thomas, 1896 for the Cerrado

Cases of induced alloparental care in Seba’s short-tailed fruit bat

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