00000caa a22000003i 4500 UP-1685594773862388679 Buklod 20210323180722.0 m | | ta 210323s2019 xx r |||| u|eng d (iLib)UPBAG-00039569107 STII-DOST BAG rda eng ARTICLE-2859 Alcazar, Steve Michael T. author. First record of folivory in the tube-nosed fruit bat, Nyctimene rabori Heaney & Peterson, 1984 in Mt. Lantoy Key Biodiversity Area, Cebu, Philippines [Research note] by Steve Michael T. Alcazar, Archiebald Baltazar B. Malaki, Edgardo P. Lillo, Ritche U. Nuevo, and Raamah C. Rosales. 2019. pages 419-422 illustrations, maps 26 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-422) Four individuals of Nyctimene rabori were captured at different bat net stations in Barangay Canbantug, Argao town within the peripheries of Mt. Lantoy Key Biodiversity Area in Cebu Island, Philippines at 500?700 meters above sea level. We present the first observation of folivory behavior in Nyctimene rabori on mango plant (Mangifera indica). The bat feed on young leaves and shoots of the mango plant where it was released. It chewed on the leaves, swallowing some parts and ejecting some. Interestingly, the bat also ate the petiole and the entire young green stem (about 6 in long and 0.5?0.8 cm diameter). It consumed the entire stem with only a small amount expelled. The activity lasted for almost 8 min of intermittent feeding. Fruit bat folivory is rarely documented in the Philippines. Knowledge on the diet of fruit bats is important in the conservation and management of the species. (Author's abstract) Biology. Folivory. Fruit bat. Mangifera indica. Mt. lantoy key biodiversity area. Nyctimene rabori. Lillo, Edgardo P. author. Nuevo, Ritche U. author. Rosales, Raamah C. author. Malaki, Archiebald Baltazar B. author. The Philippine Journal of Science Vol. 148, no. 2, June 2019. Request full-text access via UPB University Library through https://forms.gle/KZjBv7aRtY6jiL5E9 (viewed 23 March 2021) FI UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN ARTICLE-2859 Analytics