Talk:Spectral bat

Feeding on own young?
it would be nice to note if the bat feeds on it's own young, and if it follows the same pattern as other bats raising their young,and relationship wise.

someone else's comment
The animal in the photo is not a Vampyrum spectrum. It is a fruit bat of the leaf-nosed bat subfamily Stenodermatinae. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.73.249.242 (talk • contribs)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 02:28, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

flight patterns
I am told vampire bats only fly out of a cave in one direction. Is this true? If not can you please tell more about the flying pattern of the spectral bat. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.86.192.13 (talk) 01:04, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

confidence in the missus
"...during the breeding season, the male will hunt for food alone and bring food back to the female and their young." Her young, at least.--Richardson mcphillips (talk) 17:15, 14 March 2016 (UTC)

Diet
It was once thought to supplement its diet with fruit, but a captive pair refused to eat any fruit over a 5-year period, this is true, but the spectral bat may still be an "opportunistic" carnivore. The species of bat has also been known to eat specific fruit that grows in its habitat, it says about the spectral bat here: http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2008/wheeler_adam/Nutrition.htm.
 * Hi Wikipedia is based on what is published in reliable sources. The author of this website is an undergraduate college student and they do not list the sources that they're using to compile the information on this website. If I found a peer-reviewed scientific journal article that said they eat fruit sometimes, I would add that content to the article. Enwebb (talk) 13:56, 30 August 2019 (UTC)
 * It is mentioned in study given in the references, Journal of Mammalogy, Volume 85, Issue 4, 16 August 2004, Pages 708–713, https://doi.org/10.1644/BWG-121, which did not record fruit eating in their limited (n=8) sample, but cited Gardner A. L. 1977. Feeding habits. Pp. 293–350 in Biology of bats of the New World family Phyllostomatidae transcript So maybe? ~ cygnis insignis 17:22, 30 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes, maybe. A so called "opportunistic carnivore" is not a true omnivore, so my point is that the spectral bat likely an opportunistic carnivore. But I agree with you on that description needing reliable sources. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.249.112.114 (talk) 11:19, 31 August 2019 (UTC)