| [an epidemiological investigation of bats carrying sars-cov in guangzhou and its vicinity]. | to detect serve acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus (sars-cov) and sars-like-cov in fruit bats captured in guangzhou and its vicinity. | 2006 | 16864084 |
| genetic and acoustic population structuring in the okinawa least horseshoe bat: are intercolony acoustic differences maintained by vertical maternal transmission? | the origin and meaning of echolocation call frequency variation within rhinolophid bats is not well understood despite an increasing number of allopatric and sympatric examples being documented. a bimodal distribution of mean regional call frequency within the okinawa-jima island population of rhinolophus cornutus pumilus (rhinolophidae) provided a unique opportunity to investigate geographic call frequency variation early in its development. individual resting echolocation frequencies, partial ... | 2008 | 19120986 |
| isolation and identification of a natural reassortant mammalian orthoreovirus from least horseshoe bat in china. | mammalian orthoreoviruses (mrvs) have a wide geographic distribution and can infect virtually all mammals. infections in humans may be either symptomatic or asymptomatic. this study describes the isolation and identification of a natural reassortant mrv from least horseshoe bats (rhinolophus pusillu) in china, referred to as rpmrv-yn2012. | 2015 | 25781475 |
| prevalence and genetic characterization of toxoplasma gondii infection in bats in southern china. | toxoplasma gondii can infect a wide variety of warm-blooded animals, including bats. limited information on t. gondii infection in bats is available in china. the objective of the present study was to determine prevalence and genetic diversity of t. gondii infection in bats in southern china. a total of 608 bats representing 12 species, including 120 aselliscus stoliczkanus, 59 myotis chinensis, 11 miniopterus schreibersii, 53 rhinolophus affinis, 32 rhinolophus pusillus, 81 hipposideros armiger ... | 2014 | 24813744 |
| novel sars-like betacoronaviruses in bats, china, 2011. | to clarify the evolutionary relationships among betavoronaviruses that infect bats, we analyzed samples collected during 2010-2011 from 14 insectivorous bat species in china. we identified complete genomes of 2 novel betacoronaviruses in rhinolophus pusillus and chaerephon plicata bats, which showed close genetic relationships with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronaviruses. | 2013 | 23739658 |
| natural epigenetic variation in bats and its role in evolution. | when facing the challenges of environmental change, such as habitat fragmentation, organisms have to adjust their phenotype to adapt to various environmental stresses. recent studies show that epigenetic modifications could mediate environmentally induced phenotypic variation, and this epigenetic variance could be inherited by future generations, indicating that epigenetic processes have potential evolutionary effects. bats living in diverse environments show geographic variations in phenotype, ... | 2015 | 25568456 |
| novel bartonella species in insectivorous bats, northern china. | bartonella species are emerging human pathogens. bats are known to carry diverse bartonella species, some of which are capable of infecting humans. however, as the second largest mammalian group by a number of species, the role of bats as the reservoirs of bartonella species is not fully explored, in term of their species diversity and worldwide distribution. china, especially northern china, harbors a number of endemic insectivorous bat species; however, to our knowledge, there are not yet stud ... | 2017 | 28081122 |
| morphometric variation in the pusillus group of the genus rhinolophus (mammalia: chiroptera: rhinolophidae) in east asia. | based on 203 specimens belonging to the rhinolophus "pusillus group" (mammalia: chiroptera: rhinolophidae), univariate and multivariate morphometric analyses using 19 characters were performed to assess the confused species taxonomy. the results indicated that r. pusillus (including calidus, parcus, and szechuanus) in the continental region and hainan island of china and "r. cornutus" in japan are morphologically divergent species. rhinolophus cornutus should be further split into r. cornutus (i ... | 2012 | 22639811 |
| brevity is prevalent in bat short-range communication. | animal communication follows many coding schemes. less is known about the coding strategy for signal length and rates of use in animal vocal communication. a generalized brevity (negative relation between signal length and frequency of use) is innovatively explored but remains controversial in animal vocal communication. we tested brevity for short-range social and distress sounds from four echolocating bats: adult black-bearded tomb bat taphozous melanopogon, mexican free-tailed bat tadarida br ... | 2013 | 23377576 |
| geographical variation in echolocation call and body size of the okinawan least horseshoe bat, rhinolophus pumilus (mammalia: rhinolophidae), on okinawa-jima island, ryukyu archipelago, japan. | the okinawan least horseshoe bat, rhinolophus pumilus, is a cave-dwelling species endemic to the central and southern ryukyus, japan. we analyzed variation in the constant frequency (cf) of the echolocation call and in forearm length (fal) of this species on okinawa-jima island on the basis of data for 479 individuals from 11 caves scattered over the island. cf values in samples from six caves, all located in the southwestern half of okinawa-jima, were significantly higher than those in samples ... | 2006 | 16971783 |
| discovery and genetic analysis of novel coronaviruses in least horseshoe bats in southwestern china. | to investigate bat coronaviruses (covs), we collected 132 rectal swabs and urine samples from five bat species in three countries in southwestern china. seven covs belonging to distinct groups of severe acute respiratory syndrome (sars)-like covs and α-covs were detected in samples from least horseshoe bats. samples from other bat species were negative for these viruses, indicating that the least horseshoe bat represents one of the natural reservoirs and mixers for strains of covs and has a pivo ... | 2017 | 28352124 |
| the acoustical role of vocal tract in the horseshoe bat, rhinolophus pusillus. | the sound field distribution in the vocal tract with a single sound source in the glottis and the transfer function of the supraglottal vocal tract of the horseshoe bat, rhinolophus pusillus, have been obtained using the finite-element method (fem) technique. the models of vocal tracts used for fem calculation are constructed by tomography scanning. these models are used to set up a finite-element model for calculating the sound field distribution by loading the unit sound source in the glottis. ... | 2016 | 27036262 |
| variation in the resting frequency of rhinolophus pusillus in mainland china: effect of climate and implications for conservation. | this study describes variation patterns in the constant frequency of echolocation calls emitted at rest and when not flying ("resting frequency" rf) of the least horseshoe bat, rhinolophus pusillus, on a broad geographical scale and in response to local climatic variables. significant differences in rf were observed among populations throughout the species range in mainland china, and this variation was positively and significantly related to climate conditions, especially environmental humidity ... | 2010 | 20968390 |
| duration-sensitive neurons in the inferior colliculus of horseshoe bats: adaptations for using cf-fm echolocation pulses. | the present study examines duration-sensitive neurons in the inferior colliculus (ic) of the least horseshoe bat, rhinolophus pusillus, from china. in contrast to other bat species tested for duration selectivity so far, echolocation pulses emitted by horseshoe bats are generally longer and composed of a long constant-frequency (cf) component followed by a short downward frequency-modulated (fm) sweep (cf-fm pulse). we used combined cf-fm pulses to analyze the differential effects that these two ... | 2008 | 18003879 |
| bats host diverse parvoviruses as possible origin of mammalian dependoparvoviruses and source for bat-swine interspecies transmission. | compared to the enormous species diversity of bats, relatively few parvoviruses have been reported. we detected diverse and potentially novel parvoviruses from bats in hong kong and mainland china. parvoviruses belonging to amdoparvovirus, bocaparvovirus and dependoparvovirus were detected in alimentary, liver and spleen samples from 16 different chiropteran species of five families by pcr. phylogenetic analysis of partial helicase sequences showed that they potentially belonged to 25 bocaparvov ... | 2017 | 29106348 |
| first report of the prevalence and genotype of trypanosoma spp. in bats in yunnan province, southwestern china. | trypanosome is considered as one of important parasites in almost all mammalian species, which occurs in chiroptera throughout the world. although numerous trypanosome species have been identified in bats in asia, africa, south america and europe, little is known about the genetic diversity and pathogenicity of trypanosomes in chinese bat. recently, some human trypanosoma cruzi infection attributed to a bat-related t. cruzi (tcbat) from the noctilio spp., myotis spp. and artibeus spp was found. ... | 2019 | 31348896 |
| detection of neospora caninum dna by polymerase chain reaction in bats from southern china. | neospora caninum is an intracellular protozoan that infects many domestic and wild animals. domestic dogs and other canids function as definitive hosts, while other mammals serve as natural intermediate hosts. in the present study, the brain tissues of bats collected in yunnan province, southern china were tested by n. caninum specific-nested pcr, targeting the nc-5 gene and the internal transcribed spacer 1 (its1) region of the ribosomal dna to determine whether bats could be infected with n. c ... | 2018 | 29581030 |
| identification of novel bat coronaviruses sheds light on the evolutionary origins of sars-cov-2 and related viruses. | despite the discovery of animal coronaviruses related to sars-cov-2, the evolutionary origins of this virus are elusive. we describe a meta-transcriptomic study of 411 bat samples collected from a small geographical region in yunnan province, china, between may 2019 and november 2020. we identified 24 full-length coronavirus genomes, including four novel sars-cov-2-related and three sars-cov-related viruses. rhinolophus pusillus virus rpyn06 was the closest relative of sars-cov-2 in most of the ... | 2021 | 34147139 |