Boinski Sue, Timm Robert M
Department of Zoology, University of Texas at Austin.
Division of Mammals, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.
Am J Primatol. 1985;9(2):121-127. doi: 10.1002/ajp.1350090205.
Central American squirrel monkeys (Saimiri oerstedi) appear to recognize the modified leaves that phyllostomid bats utilize for diurnal roost sites. The monkeys visually and manually search these bat tents for both bats and insects. Adult males are the most successful at capturing bats. Nonvolant juvenile bats are more vulnerable to monkey predation than are adults. Bats that escape monkey predation frequently are captured by doubletoothed kites (Harpagus bidentatus) that tend foraging troops of monkeys. Predation by squirrel monkeys, coupled with that of double-toothed kites, may be a significant source of mortality for tent-making bats.
中美松鼠猴（Saimiri oerstedi）似乎能够识别叶口蝠用于日间栖息的经过改造的树叶。这些猴子会通过视觉和手动方式在这些蝙蝠的帐篷中寻找蝙蝠和昆虫。成年雄性在捕捉蝙蝠方面最为成功。不会飞的幼年蝙蝠比成年蝙蝠更容易成为猴子的猎物。经常能逃脱猴子捕食的蝙蝠，又常常会被跟踪猴群觅食的双齿鹰（Harpagus bidentatus）捕获。松鼠猴的捕食，再加上双齿鹰的捕食，可能是造帐篷蝙蝠死亡的一个重要原因。
