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. 1971 Sep;16(2):219–223. doi: 10.1901/jeab.1971.16-219

Operant conditioning in the bat Phyllostomus hastatus1,2

M D Beecher
PMCID: PMC1333871  PMID: 5121858

Abstract

Bats of the species Phyllostomus hastatus were trained to press a pigeon key with food as the reinforcer. Patterns of responding under fixed-ratio, fixed-interval, and variable-interval schedules of reinforcement were similar to those typically shown by other species. In a simple auditory discrimination, responding readily came under stimulus control. It is suggested that the behavioral method could be applied to various problem areas of bat behavior.

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