Resumen de Registro máximo de carga de fruto en murciélagos frugívoros artibeus lituratus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae)

Adriana Duque Márquez, Mariana Muñoz-Romo Muñoz Romo

• We present field observations on the consumption of an avocado (Persea americana), the heaviest fruit recorded as food item for the great fruit-eating bat (Artibeus lituratus) in an Andean locality (Venezuela). This observation represents the maximum weight record of a fruit carried by any species of the genus Artibeus.

  Keywords: feeding behavior, ecology, Persea americana, Venezuela.