| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1981 |
| Authors: | M. B. Fenton, Thomas, D. W., Sasseen, R. |
| Journal: | J. Zool. (Lond.) |
| Volume: | 194 |
| Pagination: | 461-465 |
| Date Published: | 1981 |
| Keywords: | Amphibia, Anura, Aves, behaviour, Beutespektrum, carnivory, Chiroptera, diet, ecology, feeding habits, Fledermäuse, foraging, habitat preferences, Hangplätze, Insecta, Mammalia, Mana Pools National Park, Nahrung, Nahrungsspektrum, Nahrungswahl, Nycteridae, Nycteris grandis, Pisces, predation pressure, prey selection, roosting behaviour, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe |
| Abstract: | Nycteris grandis in Mana Pools National Park in Zimbabwe regularly include a variety of vertebrates and arthropods in their diet, ranging from fish through frogs, bats and birds, to different Orthoptera, Lepidoptera and Coleoptera. Analysis of the faeces of these bats suggests a considerable range in size of prey taken, from the 10 g birds and bats to caddis flies 15 mm long. |
| URL: | Fenton et al. 1981.pdf http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1981.tb04594.x |