Evidence for Association between a Mother Bat and Its Young During and After Foraging
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in The American Midland Naturalist
- Vol. 121 (1) , 205-207
- https://doi.org/10.2307/2425674
Abstract
We report observations made using radio-telemetry of the roosting and foraging behavior of a lactating Eptesicus fuscus and her 36-day-old volant daughter. The two individuals spent a considerable proportion of time roosting and feeding together. Our observations suggest that E. fuscus forage with conspecifics from an early age.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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