Pengelompokan Kelelawar Pemakan Buah dan Nektar Berdasarkan Karakteristik Jenis Pakan Polen di Kebun Raya Bogor, Indonesia

Abstract

ABSTRACT
The Grouping of Fruit Bats Based on Pollend Type Characterized as Food Resources in
Bogor Botanical Garden, Indonesia. A study was conducted to identify pollen consummed
by fruits bat in Bogor Botanical Garden from March 2008 to June 2009. The types of crown of
the flower, pollen and pollen size which chosen by fruit bats were analysed by using high
detrended canonical correspondent. The result indicated that there are three major groups of
bats based on the similarities of food type or flower resources consumed by fruit bats. The
groups were (1) males of Macroglossus sobrinus and the females of Eonycteris spelaea, (2)
Cynopterus brachyotis and the females of C. minutus, and (3) males and females of C.
titthaheileus, females of C. brachyotis and Macroglossus sobrinus, males of C. sphinx and C.
minutus, and females of C. sphinx.
Key words: Megachiroptera, pollend, seed distribution,