| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1997 |
| Authors: | R. Hutterer, Ray J. C. |
| Journal: | Z. Säugetierk. |
| Volume: | 62 |
| Pagination: | 86-92 |
| Date Published: | 1997 |
| Keywords: | Beutespektrum, Carnivora, Central Africa, Central African Republic, Chiroptera, day roosts, ecology, Fledermäuse, Genetta servalina, habitat preferences, Herpestes naso, Hipposideridae, Hipposideros cyclops, Hipposideros ruber, Mammalia, Molossidae, Mops spurrelli, Nycteridae, Nycteris arge, predation pressure, prey selection, roosting behaviour |
| Abstract: | Fragments of four species of bats (Mops cf. spurrelli, Nycteris arge, Hipposideros cyclops, H. ruber) were identified in scats of small carnivores collected in a tropical rainforest of Central African Republic. For all four species the Dzanga forest constitutes the second locality record in this country. Genets (Genetta servalina) and long-nosed mongoose (Herpestes naso) were identified as the predator species. Bats occurred in only 0.4% of the scats analyzed. The few examples refer to bat species which roost solitarily or in small groups. Their presence in the scats can be attributed to chance encounters. Large bat colonies seem to be rare or inaccessible in the study area. |