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Blindness in echolocating bats

Published:2018-07-27 Issue:3 Volume:83 Page:272-275
ISSN:1864-1547
Container-title:Mammalia
language:en
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Author:

Feijó Anderson¹,Nunes Hannah²³,Vilar Emmanuel Messias²³,da Rocha Patrício Adriano²³

Affiliation:

1. Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Science , Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District , 100101 Beijing , China , e-mail:

2. Laboratório de Mamíferos, Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, CCEN , Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Campus I , 58051-900 João Pessoa, PB , Brazil

3. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Zoologia), Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, CCEN , Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Campus I , 58051-900 João Pessoa, PB , Brazil

Abstract

Abstract Vision in echolocating bats works complementary to their echolocation signals and is especially important in long-range orientation. Contrary to previous predictions, we report here the first case of blindness and ocular anomalies in healthy adult echolocating bats. Two anomalous individuals of Carollia perspicillata, two Artibeus planirostris and one Artibeus lituratus were captured in highly human-modified areas (urban and agricultural). One C. perspicillata was totally blind exhibiting completely closed eyelids and the others presented strong corneal opacity in their right eye. Our finding brings new insights about the habitat perception in mammals and suggests an unreported ecological compensation of the sensory system in bats.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

Animal Science and Zoology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Link

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/mammalia-2018-0034/pdf

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