Hindlimb Motion during Steady Flight of the Lesser Dog-Faced Fruit Bat, Cynopterus brachyotis

Bats are important reservoirs and vectors in the transmission of emerging infectious diseases. Many highly pathogenic viruses such as SARS-CoV and rabies-related lyssaviruses have crossed species barriers to infect humans and other animals. In this study we monitored the major roost sites of bats in Singapore, and performed surveillance for zoonotic pathogens in these bats. Screening of guano samples collected during the survey uncovered a bat coronavirus (Betacoronavirus) in Cynopterus brachyotis, commonly known as the lesser dog-faced fruit bat. Using a capture-enrichment sequencing platform, the full-length genome of the bat CoV was sequenced and found to be closely related to the bat coronavirus HKU9 species found in Leschenault’s rousette discovered in the Guangdong and Yunnan provinces.

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SEM Study on the Dorsal Lingual Surface of the Lesser Dog-Faced Fruit Bat, Cynopterus brachyotis

Okajimas Folia Anatomica Japonica ◽

10.2535/ofaj1936.78.4_123 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 78 (4) ◽

pp. 123-128 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

Shoichi EMURA ◽

Daisuke HAYAKAWA ◽

Huayue CHEN ◽

Shizuko SHOUMURA ◽

Yasuro ATOJI ◽

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Keyword(s):

Lingual Surface ◽

Fruit Bat ◽

Sem Study ◽

Cynopterus Brachyotis

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Diet, ecological role and potential ecosystem services of the fruit bat, Cynopterus brachyotis, in a tropical city

Urban Ecosystems ◽

10.1007/s11252-020-01034-x ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Angela An Qi Chan ◽

Sheema Abdul Aziz ◽

Elizabeth L. Clare ◽

Joanna L. Coleman

Keyword(s):

Ecosystem Services ◽

Ecological Role ◽

Fruit Bat ◽

Cynopterus Brachyotis

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Isolation and identification of gastrointestinal microbiota from the short-nosed fruit bat Cynopterus brachyotis brachyotis

Microbiological Research ◽

10.1016/j.micres.2013.04.001 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 168 (8) ◽

pp. 485-496 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

Diane Sunira Daniel ◽

Yau Kit Ng ◽

Ee Ley Chua ◽

Yogis Arumugam ◽

Wey Lim Wong ◽

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Keyword(s):

Gastrointestinal Microbiota ◽

Isolation And Identification ◽

Fruit Bat ◽

Cynopterus Brachyotis

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Aerosphere occupancy (ψ) model of lesser short nosed fruit bat (Cynopterus brachyotis Muller, 1838) related to tree species in Asia mountainous paddy fields

10.1101/2021.02.08.430234 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Adi Basukriadi ◽

Erwin Nurdin ◽

Andri Wibowo ◽

Jimi Gunawan

Keyword(s):

Tree Species ◽

Cocos Nucifera ◽

Mangifera Indica ◽

Tree Height ◽

Paddy Fields ◽

Fruit Bats ◽

Swietenia Macrophylla ◽

Fruit Bat ◽

Narrow Space ◽

Cynopterus Brachyotis

AbstractBat is animal that occupies aerosphere, especially fruit bats that forage on the space around the trees. The fruit bats use whether narrow space below tree canopy or in edge space on the edge of canopy. Whereas the aerosphere occupancy of fruits bats related to the specific tree species is poorly understood. Here, this paper aims to assess and model the association of fruit bat Cynopterus brachyotis aerosphere occupancy (Ψ) with tree species planted in mountainous paddy fields in West Java. The studied tree species including Alianthus altissima, Acacia sp., Cocos nucifera, Mangifera indica, Pinus sp., and Swietenia macrophylla. The result shows that the tree species diversity has significantly (x2= 27.67, P < 0.05) affected the C. brachyotis aerosphere occupancy. According to values of Ψ and occupancy percentage, high occupancy of narrow space by C. brachyotis was observed in Swietenia macrophylla (Ψ = 0.934, 78%), followed by Alianthus altissima (Ψ = 0.803, 57%), and Mangifera indica (Ψ = 913, 55%). While high occupancy of edge space was observed in Mangifera indica (Ψ = 0.685, 41%), followed by Pinus sp. (Ψ = 0.674, 38%), and Alianthus altissima sp. (Ψ = 0.627, 36%). The best model for explaining C. brachyotis occupation in narrow space is the tree height with preferences on high tree (Ψ~tree height, AIC = 1.574, R2= 0.5535, Adj. R = 0.4047). While for edge space occupant, the best model is also the tree height (Ψ~tree height, AIC = −26.1510, R2= 0.7944, Adj. R = 0.7258).

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The skin reactions of two species of Southeast Asian Chiroptera to notoedrid and teinocoptid mites

Parasitology ◽

10.1017/s0031182000028821 ◽

1968 ◽

Vol 58 (3) ◽

pp. 515-530 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

M. M. J. Lavoipierre ◽

C. Rajamanickam

Keyword(s):

Stratum Corneum ◽

The Body ◽

Kuala Lumpur ◽

Skin Reactions ◽

Fruit Bat ◽

Distinctive Morphology ◽

The Common ◽

Host Parasite ◽

Cynopterus Brachyotis ◽

Fibroblastic Proliferation

The host–parasite relationships of several notoedrid and teinocoptid mites of two Malaysian bats, Cheiromeles torquatus (the hairless bat) and Cynopterus brachyotis (the common fruit bat), were studied.C. torquatus is parasitized by five species of Notoedres (family Sarcoptidae)—N. alexfaini, N. longisetosus, N. elongatus, N. rajamanickami and N. cheiromeles. Two, N. alexfaini and N. longisetosus, are responsible for generalized mange, which affects mainly the trunk. The three remaining species produce small, discrete lesions, each having a distinctive morphology and polarity.Notoedres elongatus causes papilliform swellings, usually over the bony parts of the wing. It inhabits deep burrows in the swellings, which consist largely of hyper-plastic connective tissue heavily infiltrated with round cells. The lesions produced by N. rajamanickami resemble those of N. elongatus, except that they are located on the head in the neighbourhood of the vibrissae and are not elevated. N. cheiromeles dwells in cupules in the stratum corneum on various parts of the body, including the wings. These cupules are formed as a result of an intense hyper-keratosis in the immediate vicinity of the mites.The reaction of the skin of Cynopterus brachyotis to the teinocoptid mite, Teino-coptes asiaticus (family Teinocoptidae), expresses itself chiefly as an extensive acanthosis. There is little or no thickening of the stratum corneum except on the lips of the epidermal cupule in which the anterior end of the mite rests. The dermis underlying the mite undergoes moderate fibroblastic proliferation.We would like to thank Mr Lim Boo Liat of the Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, and Mr Eric Alfred of the National Museum, Singapore, who very kindly allowed us to examine material from their collections. Mr Lim also assisted in other ways and proved to be a genial and helpful host when we visited his laboratory at the IMR. We are also most grateful to Professor John Harrison, who so generously provided us with space in his department.

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Respiratory characteristics of whole blood and selected aspects of circulatory physiology in the common short-nosed fruit bat, Cynopterus brachyotis

Respiration Physiology ◽

10.1016/0034-5687(76)90042-6 ◽

1976 ◽

Vol 28 (2) ◽

pp. 239-247 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Gregory K. Snyder

Keyword(s):

Whole Blood ◽

Fruit Bat ◽

Circulatory Physiology ◽

The Common ◽

Cynopterus Brachyotis

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Akaike model selections of the vegetation structures and aerosphere factors in supporting lesser short nosed fruit bat (Cynopterus brachyotis Muller, 1838) populations in Asia mountainous paddy fields

10.1101/2021.02.03.429676 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Adi Basukriadi ◽

Erwin Nurdin ◽

Andri Wibowo ◽

Jimi Gunawan

Keyword(s):

Model Selection ◽

High Altitude ◽

Air Temperature ◽

Paddy Field ◽

Tree Height ◽

Paddy Fields ◽

Explanatory Variables ◽

Fruit Bat ◽

Vegetation Structures ◽

Cynopterus Brachyotis

AbstractAs an aerial and arboreal fauna, the abundances and populations of fruit bat Cynopterus brachyotis were influenced by the vegetation structures and aerosphere condition variables of fruit bat ecosystems. While mountaineous paddy field is an unique habitat since the trees are scarce and has exposure to the aerosphere variables including air temperature and humidity. Here this paper aims to select the best vegetation structures and aerosphere factors that support the abundance of C. brachyotis in mountainous paddy field landscape in West Java. The model selection was using AIC methodology by testing 15 models including 5 single models and 10 combination models of explanatory variables. Based on the model, tree height and combinations of tree height and elevation produced the best prediction for the bat abundances, as described by low values of AIC and the highest values of R2 and adjusted R2. For the best models, the AIC values ranged from 16.674 to 17.603, from 0.3404 to 0.4144 (R2), and 0.2461 to 0.2192 for adjusted R2. Regarding conservation of C. brachyotis and learning from the model, the conservation approaches mainly in mountainous paddy fields are encouraged to protect and conserve high altitude landscapes and trees with height > 10 m. Whereas the AIC results show lack of aerosphere variable effects on C. brachyotis (AIC: 19.346-20.406, R2: 0.1124-0.001353, and adjusted R2: −0.01444 − −0.1413).

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