| maxilloturbinal aids in nasophonation in horseshoe bats (chiroptera: rhinolophidae). | horseshoe bats (family rhinolophidae) show an impressive array of morphological traits associated with use of high duty cycle echolocation calls that they emit via their nostrils (nasophonation). delicate maxilloturbinal bones inside the nasal fossa of horseshoe bats have a unique elongated strand-like shape unknown in other mammals. maxilloturbinal strands also vary considerably in length and cross-sectional shape. in other mammals, maxilloturbinals help direct respired air and prevent respirat ... | 2020 | 30365875 |
| karyology of eight species of bats (mammalia: chiroptera) from hainan island, china. | karyotypes and chromosomal data are presented for eight bat species representing two families (rhinolophidae and vespertilionidae) from hainan island, china. the species investigated were rhinolophus lepidus (2n = 62, fn = 60), r. pusillus (2n = 62, fn = 60), r. affinis (2n = 62, fn = 60), r. sinicus (2n = 36, fn = 60), myotis horsfieldi (2n = 44, fn = 52), pipistrellus abramus (2n = 26, fn = 44), miniopterus australis (2n = 46, fn = 50) and m. schreibersii (2n = 46, fn = 50). the karyotype of r ... | 2009 | 19847322 |
| influence of age and body condition on astrovirus infection of bats in singapore: an evolutionary and epidemiological analysis. | bats are unique mammals that are reservoirs of high levels of virus diversity. although several of these viruses are zoonotic, the majority are not. astroviruses, transmitted fecal-orally, are commonly detected in a wide diversity of bat species, are prevalent at high rates and are not thought to directly infect humans. these features make astroviruses useful in examining virus evolutionary history, epidemiology in the host, and temporal shedding trends. our study screened for the presence of as ... | 2017 | 29159263 |
| craniofacial, occlusal, and masticatory anatomy in bats. | skull measurements from ten anatomically and behaviorally diverse genera of bats show marked variation in positioning of the face upon the cranium but a relative stability of the site of the mandibular fossa. factors associated with maintaining occlusion in bats which exhibit dorsally-inclined maxillary toothrows include dorsally angulated mandibular bodies and elevated condyles. detailed comparisons are made between the generalized morphology of myotis lucifugus and anatomical extremes represen ... | 1980 | 7457933 |