Vampire Bats Bite Lowland Tapirs In Yasuni National Park, Ecuador

Resumen

In the rainforest, vampire bats (<em>Desmodus rotundus</em>) have large mammals such as tapirs, deer, peccaries, cattle, monkeys, birds, and sometimes humans, among their victims (Albuja <em>et al</em>., 2012; Tirira, 2007). Vampire bats have been listed as carriers and reservoir host of rabies (Streicker <em>et al</em>., 2012; Corrêa <em>et al</em>., 2014). Here, we report photographic evidence obtained from camera- traps of vampire bats feeding on lowland tapirs (<em>Tapirus terrestris</em>).