Abstract

ROJAS, Andrés  and  GUERRERO, Ricardo. Capillaria sp., isolated from Desmodus rotundus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in Costa Rica. Mastozool. neotrop. [online]. 2007, vol.14, n.1, pp.101-102. ISSN 0327-9383.

During a bat sampling carried out in the provinces of Guanacaste and Alajuela, Costa Rica, eggs from a nematod species were found in two adult, female, non-pregnant bats which represent 11.76% of the studied bats. This is the first report of Capillaria sp., infecting specimens of the common vampire bat Desmodus rotundus in the provinces of Guanacaste and Alajuela, Costa Rica.

Keywords : Vampire bat.

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