Two new species of yellow-shouldered bats Sturnira Gray, 1842 (Chiroptera,
Phyllostomidae) from Central America and western South America are described using …

Bat flies are obligate ectoparasitic dipterans that are highly specialised to bats and have
apomorphic characteristics, such as absent or reduced wings, and specialised legs and …

Bats and bat flies are intimately associated and are relevant models to study the effects of
anthropogenic impacts when bats are highly distributed in urban environments. The lack of …

Guiana, located on the northeastern coast of South America, bats of different species are
very numerous. The infection of bats and their ticks with zoonotic bacteria, especially …

The nectar-feeding bats of the genus Anoura are widely distributed in the Neotropics, but are
most speciose in the Andes. Anoura cultrata is a rare mid-elevation bat occurring in South …

Although the Chiroptera represents a significant proportion (c. 20%) of the mammalian fauna
and South America has the highest diversity of bat species, only about a third of the known …

Background Bats belong to one of the most species-rich orders within the Mammalia. They
show a worldwide distribution, a high degree of ecological diversification as well as a high …

Bats can be parasitized by several arthropod groups, including ectoparasitic flies. The high
host specificity is a common phenomenon between flies and bats. In recent years, more …

Bat ectoparasitic flies are hematophagous insects highly specialized to parasitize only bats.
Knowledge about how biotic and abiotic factors can influence ecological relationships …

El murciélago hematófago Desmodus rotundus (Geoffroy, 1810) es una especie de
importancia zoonótica y amplia distribución. El propósito de este estudio fue evaluar su …