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Many bats of the Rhinolophidae family are currently threatened all over the world. In Algeria they are represented by six species listed in the IUCN red list and whose hunting habits and diet are, at best, poorly known. This paper describes the diet composition of four of these species (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum, R. hipposideros, R. euryale and R. blasii) in the Bejaia and Jijel districts, and in Kabylia of the Babors region, in northern Algeria. Between March 2007 and January 2008 guano was sampled every fortnight in the different sites used by the species and preys remains identified under microscope. Results show that these Algerian Rhinolophidae prey on three groups of Arthropodes (Insects, Chilopodes and Spiders) whose frequencies vary from one species to another.
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Mourad, A., Aissa, M. The Diet of the Rhinolophidae in the “Kabylia of the Babors” Region, Northern Algeria. Nat Prec (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/npre.2012.6822.1
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/npre.2012.6822.1