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Title: 
Behavior of an albino vampire bat, Desmodus rotundus (E. Geoffroy) (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae), in captivity
Author(s): 
Uieda, Wilson
Institution: 
Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
ISSN: 
0101-8175
Sponsorship: 
  • Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)
  • Fundação para o Desenvolvimento da UNESP (FUNDUNESP)
Abstract: 
Albinism in the common vampire bat Desmodus rotundus (E. Geoffrey, 1810) was already reported for seven individuals, six of them did in Brazil. Although this species is relatively easy to keep in captivity and many studies with normally pigmented bats were did under laboratory conditions, no reports on detailed observations of captive albino vampire bats were found in literature. This paper reports some behavioral observation of a single albino female D. rotundus kept in captivity in Brazil between 1991 and 1993. Information on feeding behavior, interactions with normally colored individuals and reproduction were recorded.
Issue Date: 
1-Jun-2001
Citation: 
Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia, v. 18, n. 2, p. 641-644, 2001.
Time Duration: 
641-644
Publisher: 
Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia
Keywords: 
  • Desmodus rotundus
  • albinism
  • vampire bats
  • sanguivory
  • behavior
Source: 
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0101-81752001000200031
URI: 
Access Rights: 
Acesso aberto
Type: 
outro
Source:
http://repositorio.unesp.br/handle/11449/28345
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