Volume 24, Issue 73, January - June, 2023

A note on predation of a bat by a House Crow (Corvus splendens) from South Gujarat, India

Hiren J Patel^♦, Ravikumar Patel

Sardar Patel Zoological Park, Kevadiya Colony, Gujarat - 393151, India

^♦Corresponding author
Sardar Patel Zoological Park, Kevadiya Colony, Gujarat - 393151, India

ABSTRACT

Although the Chiroptera is the most ecologically and taxonomically varied group of mammals, little is known about how predators and prey interact. A direct selective pressure known as predation can have an impact on the individuals, populations and communities of the prey species. House Crows (Corvus splendens), which eat carrion, kitchen leftovers, locusts, termites, fruit, grain, and eggs are well known for being gregarious, social, clannish, cunning and omnivorous. However, there is only one report of a House crow feeding on a bat from India and in this article, we describe the second instance of a house crow eating a bat from South Gujarat.

Keywords: Chiroptera, Corvidae, Predation

Species, 2023, 24(73), e2s1002

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v24i73/e2s1002

Published: 14 January 2023