Care and Management of the Long-Tongued Bat, Glossophaga soricina (Chiroptera: Phyllostomatidae), in the Laboratory, with Observations on Estivation Induced by Food Deprivation
Copyright policy )Care and Management of the Long-Tongued Bat, Glossophaga soricina (Chiroptera: Phyllostomatidae), in the Laboratory, with Observations on Estivation Induced by Food Deprivation
(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Methowdesre developedthat permit the long-termlaboratory maintenanceof largenumbersof Glossophagasoricina.Animalswere housedin bipartitecageswithdarkenedroostingboxes,andserveda fortifieddiet containing peachnectaras a palatablebase. Themethodswereconduciveto continuedreproductiveactivityby the animalsin captivity. Fooddeprivationof G. soricinaforonenightin eitherthe laboratoryor the field resultedin estivationon the followingday. This was characterizedby marked behavioralchangesand, in the laboratoryb, y a drop of about 3.3?C in body temperature. Estivation was also observed in Vampyrops helleri and Carollia perspiciUata.
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bats, bat, Biodiversity, Adaptation, Physiological, Estivation, Animals, Laboratory, Chiroptera, Mammalia, Animals, Animalia, Food Deprivation, Chordata
bats, bat, Biodiversity, Adaptation, Physiological, Estivation, Animals, Laboratory, Chiroptera, Mammalia, Animals, Animalia, Food Deprivation, Chordata
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