Radio Tracking of Homing Bats

17 March 1967

journal article
research article
Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science

Vol. 155 (3768) , 1435-1436
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.155.3768.1435

Abstract

Neotropical bats, Phyllostomas hastatus, were released 10 kilometers from their home roost, and their homeward flights were tracked by radio. Flights of bats with unimpeded vision were strongly oriented in the homeward direction, while the flights of blindfolded bats did not show this marked orientation.

This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:

The homing ability of the neotropical bat Phyllostomus hastatus, with evidence for visual orientation
Animal Behaviour, 1966
Optomotor Responses by Echolocating Bats
Science, 1966