Mammalian BiologyPub Date : 2023-06-12DOI: 10.1007/s42991-023-00358-3
Natalie Brown, Luis E Escobar
{"title":"A review of the diet of the common vampire bat (<i>Desmodus rotundus</i>) in the context of anthropogenic change.","authors":"Natalie Brown, Luis E Escobar","doi":"10.1007/s42991-023-00358-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s42991-023-00358-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The common vampire bat (<i>Desmodus rotundus</i>) maintains a diverse, sanguivorous diet, utilizing a broad range of prey taxa. As anthropogenic change alters the distribution of this species, shifts in predator-prey interactions are expected. Understanding prey richness and patterns of prey selection is, thus, increasingly informative from ecological, epidemiological, and economic perspectives. We reviewed <i>D. rotundus</i> diet and assessed the geographical, taxonomical, and behavioral features to find 63 vertebrate species within 21 orders and 45 families constitute prey, including suitable host species in regions of invasion outside <i>D. rotundus</i>' range. Rodentia contained the largest number of species utilized by <i>D. rotundus</i>, though cattle were the most commonly reported prey source, likely linked to the high availability of livestock and visibility of bite wounds compared to wildlife. Additionally, there was tendency to predate upon species with diurnal activity and social behavior, potentially facilitating convenient and nocturnal predation. Our review highlights the dietary heterogeneity of <i>D. rotundus</i> across its distribution. We define <i>D. rotundus</i> as a generalist predator, or parasite, depending on the ecological definition of its symbiont roles in an ecosystem (i.e., lethal vs. non-lethal blood consumption). In view of the eminent role of <i>D. rotundus</i> in rabies virus transmission and its range expansion, an understanding of its ecology would benefit public health, wildlife management, and agriculture.</p><p><strong>Supplementary information: </strong>The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s42991-023-00358-3.</p>","PeriodicalId":49888,"journal":{"name":"Mammalian Biology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10258787/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10075879","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mammalian BiologyPub Date : 2023-06-06DOI: 10.1007/s42991-023-00365-4
Lindelani Makuya, C. Schradin
{"title":"Measuring range sizes in a 100-g rodent: mini-GPS are more reliable than transmitters, but the location error reduces reliability","authors":"Lindelani Makuya, C. Schradin","doi":"10.1007/s42991-023-00365-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-023-00365-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49888,"journal":{"name":"Mammalian Biology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43341195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mammalian BiologyPub Date : 2023-06-05DOI: 10.1007/s42991-023-00364-5
Esther Descalzo, F. Díaz‐Ruiz, M. Delibes‐Mateos, J. Jiménez, P. Ferreras
{"title":"Seasonal and spatial variations in the diet of the Egyptian mongoose in its north-eastern Iberian range edge","authors":"Esther Descalzo, F. Díaz‐Ruiz, M. Delibes‐Mateos, J. Jiménez, P. Ferreras","doi":"10.1007/s42991-023-00364-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-023-00364-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49888,"journal":{"name":"Mammalian Biology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44501319","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mammalian BiologyPub Date : 2023-05-29DOI: 10.1007/s42991-023-00363-6
Cintia C. Palavecino, M. Fantozzi, P. Cuervo, L. Antoniazzi, P. Beldomenico, A. Racca
{"title":"Pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokine expression in wild Akodon azarae: individual variability due to host factors, seasonality and parasite infections","authors":"Cintia C. Palavecino, M. Fantozzi, P. Cuervo, L. Antoniazzi, P. Beldomenico, A. Racca","doi":"10.1007/s42991-023-00363-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-023-00363-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49888,"journal":{"name":"Mammalian Biology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45206767","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mammalian BiologyPub Date : 2023-05-23DOI: 10.1007/s42991-023-00362-7
Chiho Kaneko, A. Shinohara, T. Kikuchi, Asami Tokuda, T. Irie, Kentarou Yamada, N. Misawa, A. Yoshida
{"title":"Distinctly different gut microbiota in Japanese badgers and Japanese raccoon dogs despite sharing similar food habits and environments","authors":"Chiho Kaneko, A. Shinohara, T. Kikuchi, Asami Tokuda, T. Irie, Kentarou Yamada, N. Misawa, A. Yoshida","doi":"10.1007/s42991-023-00362-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-023-00362-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49888,"journal":{"name":"Mammalian Biology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47923117","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mammalian BiologyPub Date : 2023-04-18DOI: 10.1007/s42991-023-00359-2
A. Kaddouri, M. Analla, Naoufal Tamsouri, M. Aksissou, Hesham Awadh, S. Benchoucha
{"title":"Evaluation of cetacean strandings on the north-western coast of Morocco from 2016 to 2021","authors":"A. Kaddouri, M. Analla, Naoufal Tamsouri, M. Aksissou, Hesham Awadh, S. Benchoucha","doi":"10.1007/s42991-023-00359-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-023-00359-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49888,"journal":{"name":"Mammalian Biology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42689657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mammalian BiologyPub Date : 2023-04-17DOI: 10.1007/s42991-023-00360-9
Zhongzheng Chen, Xiaoxin Pei, Jialu Song, Wenyu Song, Zifan Shi, K. Onditi, Quan Li, Xuelong Jiang
{"title":"Systematics and evolutionary history of the genus Micromys (Mammalia: Rodentia: Muridae)","authors":"Zhongzheng Chen, Xiaoxin Pei, Jialu Song, Wenyu Song, Zifan Shi, K. Onditi, Quan Li, Xuelong Jiang","doi":"10.1007/s42991-023-00360-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-023-00360-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49888,"journal":{"name":"Mammalian Biology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46534220","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mammalian BiologyPub Date : 2023-04-12DOI: 10.1007/s42991-023-00353-8
N. Vallejo, J. Aihartza, Lander Olasagasti, Miren Aldasoro, U. Goiti, I. Garin
{"title":"Seasonal shift in the diet of the notched-eared bat (Myotis emarginatus) in the Basque Country: from flies to spiders","authors":"N. Vallejo, J. Aihartza, Lander Olasagasti, Miren Aldasoro, U. Goiti, I. Garin","doi":"10.1007/s42991-023-00353-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-023-00353-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49888,"journal":{"name":"Mammalian Biology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48095677","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mammalian BiologyPub Date : 2023-03-30DOI: 10.1007/s42991-023-00357-4
Dragana Šnjegota, M. Niedziałkowska, Astrid Vik Stronen, T. Borowik, K. Plis, M. Arakelyan, D. Ćirović, G. Dănilă, M. Djan, A. Ghazaryan, Z. Gurielidze, Tigran Hayrapetyan, Z. Hegyeli, A. Karamanlidis, N. Kopaliani, J. Kusak, D. Politov, M. Talala, Elena Tsingarska, B. Jędrzejewska
{"title":"The role of the Caucasus, Carpathian, and Dinaric–Balkan regions in preserving wolf genetic diversity","authors":"Dragana Šnjegota, M. Niedziałkowska, Astrid Vik Stronen, T. Borowik, K. Plis, M. Arakelyan, D. Ćirović, G. Dănilă, M. Djan, A. Ghazaryan, Z. Gurielidze, Tigran Hayrapetyan, Z. Hegyeli, A. Karamanlidis, N. Kopaliani, J. Kusak, D. Politov, M. Talala, Elena Tsingarska, B. Jędrzejewska","doi":"10.1007/s42991-023-00357-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-023-00357-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49888,"journal":{"name":"Mammalian Biology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42268402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}