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In the present note, we document for the first time a necrophagic behavior in the whip spider Paraphrynus raptator (Pocock, 1902) which was observed feeding on Otonyctomys hatti Anthony, 1932 (Rodentia: Cricetidae) and a yucatan poorwill, Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus Hartert, 1892 (Caprimulgiformes: Caprimulgidae) carrion. We made the observations inside a small chamber in an ancient Mayan temple inhabited by a group of woolly false vampire bats (Chrotopterus auritus Peters, 1856) in southeastern Mexico. Carrion consumption in P. raptator is directly related with the carnivorous feeding behavior of the C. auritus group with which they coexist.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1636\/joa-s-20-070","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,8]],"date-time":"2021-12-08T05:28:19Z","timestamp":1638941299000},"page":"407-409","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Arachnids that feed on vertebrate carrion: necrophagy by the whip spider Paraphrynus raptator (Amblypygi: Phrynidae) and its relation to the feeding behavior of the woolly false vampire bat Chrotopterus auritus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae)."],"prefix":"10.1636","volume":"49","author":[{"given":"Luis A.","family":"Trujillo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratorio de Ecolog\u00eda y Conservaci\u00f3n de Vertebrados Terrestres, Instituto de Ecolog\u00eda, Universidad Nacional Aut\u00f3noma de M\u00e9xico, Circuito Exterior s\/n, Ciudad Universitaria, C.P. 04510, Coyoac\u00e1n, Ciudad de M\u00e9xico, M\u00e9xico; E-mail:"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Fernando","family":"Gual-Su\u00e1rez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratorio de Ecolog\u00eda y Conservaci\u00f3n de Vertebrados Terrestres, Instituto de Ecolog\u00eda, Universidad Nacional Aut\u00f3noma de M\u00e9xico, Circuito Exterior s\/n, Ciudad Universitaria, C.P. 04510, Coyoac\u00e1n, Ciudad de M\u00e9xico, M\u00e9xico; E-mail:"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rony E.","family":"Trujillo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Sistema de Colecciones Biol\u00f3gicas, Escuela de Biolog\u00eda, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Edificio T-10, Ciudad Universitaria Zona 12, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rodrigo A.","family":"Medell\u00edn","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratorio de Ecolog\u00eda y Conservaci\u00f3n de Vertebrados Terrestres, Instituto de Ecolog\u00eda, Universidad Nacional Aut\u00f3noma de M\u00e9xico, Circuito Exterior s\/n, Ciudad Universitaria, C.P. 04510, Coyoac\u00e1n, Ciudad de M\u00e9xico, M\u00e9xico; E-mail:"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1211","reference":[{"key":"15","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"P. 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