%0 Journal Article

%A Mas, Maria

%A López-Baucells, Adrià

%A Arrizabalaga, Antoni

%D 2015

%T Predation on bats by genets Genetta genetta (Linneaus, 1758): a review

%J Barbastella, Journal of Bat Research

%V 8

%N 1

%P 5-11

%! Predation on bats by genets Genetta genetta (Linneaus, 1758): a review

%O Barb

%R http://dx.doi.org/10.14709/BarbJ.8.1.2015.03

%K Genetta genetta

predation

chiroptera

carnivores

survival

%X Bats have partially evolved in response of predation pressure and have developed several strategies to cope with these threats. Nevertheless, the role played by many predators and their true impact on bat populations is poorly known and to date have only ever been considered superficially in studies. In this manuscript we review the role of genet as potential bat predator. We herein present an in-depth literature review of bats as prey of genets and also provide 4 new reports from scat analysis and 1 opportunistic event in a mist net placed next to a cave entrance. While the fact that only few reports of genet predation on bats have been detected seems to suggest  that they only hunt bats occasionally, other repeated reports from South Portugal inside hibernating roosts (Palmeirim & Rodrigues 1991) and our new predation event next to a cave entrance suggests that genets could also repeatedly hunt bats in some caves (not as occasionally as usually considered).

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