Care and Management of the Long-Tongued Bat, Glossophaga soricina (Chiroptera: Phyllostomatidae), in the Laboratory, with Observations on Estivation Induced by Food Deprivation

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contents (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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spellingShingle Care and Management of the Long-Tongued Bat, Glossophaga soricina (Chiroptera: Phyllostomatidae), in the Laboratory, with Observations on Estivation Induced by Food Deprivation
Rasweiler, J. J.
Biodiversity
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Chordata
Animalia
bats
bat
(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.
title Care and Management of the Long-Tongued Bat, Glossophaga soricina (Chiroptera: Phyllostomatidae), in the Laboratory, with Observations on Estivation Induced by Food Deprivation
topic Biodiversity
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Chordata
Animalia
bats
bat
url https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13412130