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Social organization and communication of flying foxes focused on the genus Rousettus
Vašíčková, Pavla ; Jahelková, Helena (advisor) ; Lučan, Radek (referee)
Within the family Pteropodidae there are different types of social systems, depending on the species. Reproductive activity of Egyptian fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) is based on the latitude, when in milder latitudes individuals tend to be seasonally monoestry, southerly living individuals are less synchronous. Gestation lasts about four months and in most cases one young is born and mother cares about it. Egyptian fruit bats often inhabit caves, while there may live thousands of individuals and even more together. Pteropodidae are focused on plant food, which they choose according to the many criteria. Members of the genus Rousettus belong to the food generalists and their diet includes trees and herbs, from which they consume fruits, flowers, nectar, pollen, shoots and leaves. They were also observed by eating beetles of the family Scarabidae. Flying foxes of the genus Rousettus are special, because they orient by echolocation. They emit short broadband signals through the vibration of the language, whose length ranges from 50-100 s. From other chiropteran families they differ through the way of production the signals. In addition to echolocation senses of smell and sight are key in terms of communication. The smell is important mainly in attracting a partner, for mutual recognition between...
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Behaviour and acoustic communication in Egyptian fruit bat
Vašíčková, Pavla ; Jahelková, Helena (advisor) ; Karadžos, Alexis (referee)
Egyptian fruit bats were observed in Prague Zoo, where stable conditions are provided (year-round food supply, stable temperature and roosts). The colony has bimodal breeding cycle. Births are synchronized and occur on the turn of April and May and in September. The mating occurs throughout the year but there is an increase during lactation and in the period outside parturitions. There is no obvious pattern in cluster dynamics. Bats roost in four clusters (left, middle, upper right and lower right). The presence of clusters throughout the year is stable except upper right cluster. There are changes in the number of clusters and in the number of individuals inside each cluster. Fruit bats occupy approximately the same spots in clusters, however young individuals show the highest variability. An autogrooming is balanced throughout the year, there is no regular pattern in the observation period and even no increase after artificial twilight. From these activities a licking of wing membranes and fur are the most often. The mother cares for her young especially during lactation and weaning, while the care decreases with a development of the young. This is especially true for the licking of the wing membranes. An allogrooming is the most common between male and female during lactation and in the period...
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Social organization and communication of flying foxes focused on the genus Rousettus
Vašíčková, Pavla ; Jahelková, Helena (advisor) ; Lučan, Radek (referee)
Within the family Pteropodidae there are different types of social systems, depending on the species. Reproductive activity of Egyptian fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) is based on the latitude, when in milder latitudes individuals tend to be seasonally monoestry, southerly living individuals are less synchronous. Gestation lasts about four months and in most cases one young is born and mother cares about it. Egyptian fruit bats often inhabit caves, while there may live thousands of individuals and even more together. Pteropodidae are focused on plant food, which they choose according to the many criteria. Members of the genus Rousettus belong to the food generalists and their diet includes trees and herbs, from which they consume fruits, flowers, nectar, pollen, shoots and leaves. They were also observed by eating beetles of the family Scarabidae. Flying foxes of the genus Rousettus are special, because they orient by echolocation. They emit short broadband signals through the vibration of the language, whose length ranges from 50-100 s. From other chiropteran families they differ through the way of production the signals. In addition to echolocation senses of smell and sight are key in terms of communication. The smell is important mainly in attracting a partner, for mutual recognition between...
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