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Biology

Dietary Niche Partitioning in Sympatric Bat Species

Quick fact

Some communities of insectivorous bats partition their diet by prey size, so that larger bats take larger insects and smaller bats take smaller ones, reducing competition and allowing many species to coexist.

Why this is interesting

In a single night, a tropical forest may host a dozen bat species, all hunting insects. How do they all find enough to eat without starving each other?