Contribuição ao conhecimento da biologia reprodutiva de Molossus molossus Pallas, 1766) (Chiroptera, Molossidae)

Fabián, Marta Elena; Marques, Rosane Vera

doi:10.1590/S0101-81751989000400005

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Study of 179 specimens of Molossus molossus in Ceará, Brazil, showed morphological and functional ovarian asymmetry in adult females, with the right side more developed. Blastocyst implantation occurred also in the right uterine horn. Active male testicles were bigger (x = 5,38mm) than inactive ones (x = 3,25mm). Pregnancy with subsequent offspring was found in March-April and November, during the wet season.

Contribuição ao conhecimento da biologia reprodutiva de Molossus molossus Pallas, 1766) (Chiroptera, Molossidae)

Marta Elena Fabián^I,II; Rosane Vera Marques^II

^IMuseu de Ciências Naturais da FZRGS. Caixa Postal, 1188. 90610 Porto Alegre - RS

^IIBolsista do CNPq

ABSTRACT

Study of 179 specimens of Molossus molossus in Ceará, Brazil, showed morphological and functional ovarian asymmetry in adult females, with the right side more developed. Blastocyst implantation occurred also in the right uterine horn.

Active male testicles were bigger (x = 5,38mm) than inactive ones (x = 3,25mm).

Pregnancy with subsequent offspring was found in March-April and November, during the wet season.

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AGRADECIMENTOS

Agradecemos à profª Sônia Maria Lauer de Garcia, do Departamento de Ciências Morfológicas da UFRGS, por ter propiciado treinamento de técnicas histológicas; ao Dr. Joaquim Eduardo Alencar, Coordenador do Núcleo de Medicina Tropical da Universidade Federal do Ceará e à sua equipe, os quais facilitaram a realização deste trabalho e à SUCAM, pelo auxílio no trabalho de campo.

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BRONSON, F.H. 1985. Mammalian reproduction: an ecological perspective. Biol. Reprod, 32:1-26.
CARTER, D.C. 1970. Chiropteran Reproduction. In: Slaughter. B.H. & WALTON, D.W. ed. About Bats: A chiropteran biology symposium. Dallas, Southern Methodist University Press, p. 233-246.
FLEMING, T.H.; E.T. HOOPER & D.E. WILSON 1972. Three Central American Bat Communities: Structure, Reproductive Cicles and Movement Patterns. Ecology, Brooklyn, 53 (4):555-569.
HOOD, C.S. & J.D. SMITH 1983. Histomorphology of the female reproductive tract in Phyllosmotomoid bats. Occ. Pap. Mus. Texas Tech. Univ., Lubbock (86):1-38.
JERRET, D.P. 1979. Female reproductive patterns in non-hibernating bats. J. Reprod. Fert., Oxford, 56:369-378.
KRUTZSCH, P.H. & E.G. CRICHTON 1985. Observations on the reproductive cycle of female Molossus fortis (Chiroptera: Molossidae) in Puerto Rico. J. Zool., London, 207 (A):137-150.
MARQUES, S.A. 1986. Activity cycle, feeding and reproduction of Molossus ater (Chiroptera: Molossidae) in Brazil. Bolm Mus. para. Emílio Goeldi, Belém, Ser. Zool., 2 (2):159-179.
MUTERE, F.A. 1967. The breeding biology of equatorial vertebrates: in the fruit bat Eidolon hetvum, at latitude 0º20'N. J. Zool. London, 153:153-161.
PERACHI, A.L. 1968. Sobre os hábitos de Histiotus velatus (Geoffroy, 1824) (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae). Revta bras. Biol. Rio de Janeiro, 28 (4):469-473.
RACEY, P.A. 1982. Ecology of bat reproduction. In: Kunz, T.H. ed. Ecology of bats New York, Plenum Press, p. 57-104.
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SANTOS, A.B. 1978. Identificação e dados bio-ecológicos dos quirópteros do vale do Rio dos Sinos e arredores. Estudos Leopoldensis, São Leopoldo, 13 (45):75-126.
SNEDECOR, G.W. & W.G. COCHRAN 1967. Statistical Methods. Iowa State Univ. Press, Ames. 593p.
TADDEI, V.A. 1976. The reproduction of some Phyllostomidae (Chiroptera) from the Northwestern region of the State of São Paulo. Bolm Zool., Univ. São Paulo (1). 1-18.
TADDEI, V.A. 1980. Biologia reprodutiva de Chiroptera: perspectivas e problemas. Inter-Facies, São José do Rio Preto, (6):1-18.
TADDEI, V.A.; L.D. VIZOTTO; S.M. MARTINS 1976. Notas Taxonomicas e biológicas sobre Molossops brachymeles cerastes (Thomas, 1901) (Chiroptera, Molossidae). Naturalia, Lisboa, 2:61-69.
WILLIG, M.R. 1983. Composition, microgeographic variation, and sexual dimorphism in Caatingas and Cerrado bat communities from northeast Brazil. Bull. Carnegie Mus. Nat. Hist., Pittsburg, (23):1-131, 8 figs., 29 tab.
WILLIG, M.R. 1985a. Ecology, reproductive biology and systematics of Neoplatymops mattogrossensis (Chiroptera, Molossidae). J. Mammal., Lawrence, 66 (4):618-628.
WILLIG, M.R. 1985b. Reproductive patterns of bats from Caatingas and Cerrado biomes in Northeast Brazil. J. Mammal., Lawrence 66 (4):668-681.
WILSON, D.E. 1979. Reproductive patterns. In: BAKER R.J.; JONES JR. J.K.; CARTER, D.C. eds. Biology of Bats of the New World family Phyllostomidae. Part III. Spec. Publ. Mus. Texas Tech. Univ. 16:317-318.

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[1] BLEIER, W.J. & M. EHTESHAMI 1981. Ovulation following unilateral ovariectomy in the California leaf-nosed bat (Macrotus californicus). J Reprod Fert., Oxford, 63:181-183.

[2] BORNE, B. 1985. Ecologia de quirópteros da Estação Ecológica do Taim, com ênfase na família Molossidae 88 f. Tese (Mestrado-Ecologia) UFRGS. Porto Alegre, 1985. Não publicada.

[3] BRONSON, F.H. 1985. Mammalian reproduction: an ecological perspective. Biol. Reprod, 32:1-26.

[4] CARTER, D.C. 1970. Chiropteran Reproduction. In: Slaughter. B.H. & WALTON, D.W. ed. About Bats: A chiropteran biology symposium. Dallas, Southern Methodist University Press, p. 233-246.

[5] FLEMING, T.H.; E.T. HOOPER & D.E. WILSON 1972. Three Central American Bat Communities: Structure, Reproductive Cicles and Movement Patterns. Ecology, Brooklyn, 53 (4):555-569.

[6] HOOD, C.S. & J.D. SMITH 1983. Histomorphology of the female reproductive tract in Phyllosmotomoid bats. Occ. Pap. Mus. Texas Tech. Univ., Lubbock (86):1-38.

[7] JERRET, D.P. 1979. Female reproductive patterns in non-hibernating bats. J. Reprod. Fert., Oxford, 56:369-378.

[8] KRUTZSCH, P.H. & E.G. CRICHTON 1985. Observations on the reproductive cycle of female Molossus fortis (Chiroptera: Molossidae) in Puerto Rico. J. Zool., London, 207 (A):137-150.

[9] MARQUES, S.A. 1986. Activity cycle, feeding and reproduction of Molossus ater (Chiroptera: Molossidae) in Brazil. Bolm Mus. para. Emílio Goeldi, Belém, Ser. Zool., 2 (2):159-179.

[10] MUTERE, F.A. 1967. The breeding biology of equatorial vertebrates: in the fruit bat Eidolon hetvum, at latitude 0º20'N. J. Zool. London, 153:153-161.

[11] PERACHI, A.L. 1968. Sobre os hábitos de Histiotus velatus (Geoffroy, 1824) (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae). Revta bras. Biol. Rio de Janeiro, 28 (4):469-473.

[12] RACEY, P.A. 1982. Ecology of bat reproduction. In: Kunz, T.H. ed. Ecology of bats New York, Plenum Press, p. 57-104.

[13] ¹³
SANTOS, A.B. 1978. Identificação e dados bio-ecológicos dos quirópteros do vale do Rio dos Sinos e arredores. Estudos Leopoldensis, São Leopoldo, 13 (45):75-126.

[14] SNEDECOR, G.W. & W.G. COCHRAN 1967. Statistical Methods. Iowa State Univ. Press, Ames. 593p.

[15] TADDEI, V.A. 1976. The reproduction of some Phyllostomidae (Chiroptera) from the Northwestern region of the State of São Paulo. Bolm Zool., Univ. São Paulo (1). 1-18.

[16] TADDEI, V.A. 1980. Biologia reprodutiva de Chiroptera: perspectivas e problemas. Inter-Facies, São José do Rio Preto, (6):1-18.

[17] TADDEI, V.A.; L.D. VIZOTTO; S.M. MARTINS 1976. Notas Taxonomicas e biológicas sobre Molossops brachymeles cerastes (Thomas, 1901) (Chiroptera, Molossidae). Naturalia, Lisboa, 2:61-69.

[18] WILLIG, M.R. 1983. Composition, microgeographic variation, and sexual dimorphism in Caatingas and Cerrado bat communities from northeast Brazil. Bull. Carnegie Mus. Nat. Hist., Pittsburg, (23):1-131, 8 figs., 29 tab.

[19] WILLIG, M.R. 1985a. Ecology, reproductive biology and systematics of Neoplatymops mattogrossensis (Chiroptera, Molossidae). J. Mammal., Lawrence, 66 (4):618-628.

[20] WILLIG, M.R. 1985b. Reproductive patterns of bats from Caatingas and Cerrado biomes in Northeast Brazil. J. Mammal., Lawrence 66 (4):668-681.

[21] WILSON, D.E. 1979. Reproductive patterns. In: BAKER R.J.; JONES JR. J.K.; CARTER, D.C. eds. Biology of Bats of the New World family Phyllostomidae. Part III. Spec. Publ. Mus. Texas Tech. Univ. 16:317-318.

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