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                  Hassan Basri, Elizabeth Pesiu, Muhammad Aidil Zahidin, Mohd Tajuddin Abdullah & Mohamed Nor
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                                                                                 Zalipah
                       Zaman Hassan Basri, Elizabeth Pesiu, Muhammad Aidil Zahidin, Mohd Tajuddin Abdullah &
                                                                       Mohamed Nor Zalipah


































               Figure  3.  The  three  seed  types  observed  from  the  faeces  of  pteropodid  bats
               caught at the lowland rainforest of Terengganu. A) Type 1, B) Type 2 and C)
               Type 3.



               Table 2.  Number of seeds in faecal samples of each bat species. n represents
                        Number of
               the number of bat individuals.

                                                         Number of        Mean ±SE
                     Bat Species         Seed type
                                                            seeds          (range)
                                         Type 1 (n=9)        506         56.22 + 16.87
                 Cynopterus brachyotis                                      (4-138)
                 (n=10)
                                         Type 2 (n=1)         1              NC
                 Cynopterus horsfieldii                                  57.20 + 34.80
                 (n=5)                   Type 1 (n=5)        286           (11-195)
                 Megaerops ecaudatus
                 (n=1)                   Type 3 (n=1)         7              NC
                Note: NC= Not calculated.
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