..., the capacity for paracellular nutrient absorption seems greater in flying mammals than in nonflying mammals, but there has been little investigation of the mechanisms driving this difference. Therefore, we studied three species each of bats ( Artibeus lituratus, Sturnira lilium and Carollia perspicillata...

...L. Gerardo Herrera M.; Jazmín Osorio M.; Carlos A. Mancina G. SUMMARY We tested the role of increased ammonia in urine as an energy- and/or nitrogen (N)-saving mechanism in the great fruit-eating bat Artibeus lituratus (Phyllostomidae). We compared N excretion in two groups of bats fed energy-rich...