SPEED IN FLIGHT OF COMMON VAMPIRE BATS (DESMODUS ROTUNDUS)

Cornelio Sánchez-Hernández; María de Lourdes Romero-Almaraz; Michael C. Wooten; Gary D. Schnell; Michael L. Kennedy

doi:10.1894/0038-4909(2006)51[422:SIFOCV]2.0.CO;2

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1 September 2006 SPEED IN FLIGHT OF COMMON VAMPIRE BATS (DESMODUS ROTUNDUS)

Cornelio Sánchez-Hernández, María de Lourdes Romero-Almaraz, Michael C. Wooten, Gary D. Schnell, Michael L. Kennedy

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Cornelio Sánchez-Hernández,¹ María de Lourdes Romero-Almaraz,² Michael C. Wooten,³ Gary D. Schnell,^4,5 Michael L. Kennedy⁶

¹Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, A.P. 70-153, Coyoacán, México, D.F. 04510
²Escuinapa No. 92 bis. Col. Pedregal de Santo Domingo, C.P. 04360, México, D.F
³Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, AL 36849
⁴Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History and Department of Zoology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73072
⁵Correspondent: gschnell@ou.edu
⁶Department of Biology, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152

The Southwestern Naturalist, 51(3):422-425 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1894/0038-4909(2006)51[422:SIFOCV]2.0.CO;2

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Flight speeds of adult common vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus) were investigated in Colima, Mexico, during 2005. Individuals were captured in a small abandoned irrigation tunnel and transported to a nearby flyway (simulated cave passage) constructed in forested habitat. Using stopwatches, rates of travel were measured over a known distance. Males averaged 13.82 km/h (range 9.6 to 27.3 km/h; n = 18) and females 13.36 km/h (range 7.2 to 23.4 km/h; n = 29). Flight speeds of males and females were not significantly different. Contrary to some previous studies, no significant correlation was found between length of forearm and flight speed. Our findings provide the first report of flight speeds for D. rotundus.

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Cornelio Sánchez-Hernández, María de Lourdes Romero-Almaraz, Michael C. Wooten, Gary D. Schnell, and Michael L. Kennedy "SPEED IN FLIGHT OF COMMON VAMPIRE BATS (DESMODUS ROTUNDUS)," The Southwestern Naturalist 51(3), 422-425, (1 September 2006). https://doi.org/10.1894/0038-4909(2006)51[422:SIFOCV]2.0.CO;2

Accepted: 26 January 2006; Published: 1 September 2006

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