Cases of induced alloparental care in seba’s short-tailed fruit bat

Dennis Castillo-Figueroa; Erin E. Stukenholtz; Richard D. Stevens; Jairo Pérez-Torres

doi:10.4013/nbc.2018.134.09

Cases of induced alloparental care in seba’s short-tailed fruit bat

Dennis Castillo-Figueroa, Erin E. Stukenholtz, Richard D. Stevens, Jairo Pérez-Torres

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Alloparental care has been reported in over 120 mammalian species. Here, we describe the first observed cases of induced alloparental care in Seba’s short-tailed fruit bat (Ca-rollia perspicillata) at Macaregua cave (Santander, Colombia). As a part of a reproductive study, specimens of C. perspicillata were sampled between June and August 2015. During two separate occasions, we observed the willingness of lactating females to accept and carry abandoned pups, after we put a female and a non-parental pup together. Additional data is needed to confirm adoption capacity of Seba’s short-tailed fruit bat. This is the first observation of potentially cooperative behavior in this species.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	347-349
Number of pages	3
Journal	Neotropical Biology and Conservation
Volume	13
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4013/nbc.2018.134.09
State	Published - 01 Oct 2018

Keywords

Alloparenting
Chiroptera
Colombia
Cooperative behavior
Lactating females

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