Keywords
roost
Jamaican fruit-eating bat
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Accepted 2022-09-16
Published 2022-09-23
Abstract
Artibeus jamaicensis was recorded using a termite nest as a day refuge between April 24 and August 17, 2021 in an orchard located 5 km of the city of Heroica Cardenas, Tabasco. The termite nest was in a mango tree (Mangifera indica) at a height of 7 m above ground level, presented termites identified as Nasutitermes nigriceps and had a cavity with a 9 cm diameter opening in its lower part. On April 24, we observed four adult bats and one juvenile perched in the cavity with the body totally or partially outside the cavity. On May 10 we observed three adults with their heads out of the hole. On August 8 we observed two adults emerging from the termite nest, and on August 17 we captured both, which corresponded to a female and a male of A. jamaicensis.
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