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Title
<em>Artibeus lituratus</em> the Great Fruit Bat, Feeding on the Infructescences
Author
Merlin D. Tuttle
Keywords
bat dispersal, Cecropia, French Guiana, fruit anatomy, fruit morphology, mucilage, Neotropical bats, soil seed bank
Description
BSA Plant Images Online - Artibeus lituratus the Great Fruit Bat, Feeding on the Infructescences of Cecropia
<IT>Artibeus lituratus,</IT> the great fruit bat, feeding on the infructescences of <IT>Cecropia</IT> sp. Species of <IT>Artibeus</IT> are important dispersers of <IT>Cecropia.</IT> Morphological and anatomical study has revealed that the dispersal unit of <IT>Cecropia</IT> is the entire fruit, not just the seed. Bats consume the fleshy floral parts surrounding the fruits and disperse the fruits.
Publisher
Botanical Society of America
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