DIET OF THE GOLDEN-TIPPED BAT KERIVOULA-PAPUENSIS (MICROCHIROPTERA) FROM NORTH-EASTERN NEW-SOUTH-WALES, AUSTRALIA

Authors
SCHULZ M WAINER J
Citation
M. Schulz et J. Wainer, DIET OF THE GOLDEN-TIPPED BAT KERIVOULA-PAPUENSIS (MICROCHIROPTERA) FROM NORTH-EASTERN NEW-SOUTH-WALES, AUSTRALIA, Journal of zoology, 243, 1997, pp. 653-658
Citations number
39
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Journal of zoology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09528369
Volume
243
Year of publication
1997
Part
4
Pages
653 - 658
Database
ISI
SICI code
0952-8369(1997)243:<653:DOTGBK>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
The diet of the golden-tipped bat (Kerivoula papuensis) was investigat ed by collecting faecal samples from captured individuals in the Richm ond Range State Forest, north-eastern New South Wales, Australia. Faec al analysis was used so that all captured individuals could be release d after processing and banding. A total of 53 faecal pellets were coll ected in the summer and autumn months from 39 individuals. The major f ood of K. papuensis were spiders (Araneida) comprising 91.9% of the to tal volume of food. Other foods consumed in small quantities were Cole optera, Lepidoptera and Diptera.