MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Rhinolophus landeri

Accepted taxon: Rhinolophus landeri
Taxon:	Rhinolophus landeri
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	CHIROPTERA \| Rhinolophidae \| Rhinolophus
Reference:	Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), JHU Press, 2005.

Table 1. List of Diet Items for Rhinolophus landeri.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Coleoptera	WHOLE	25.00	Manfothan…
Lepidoptera	WHOLE	21.43	Manfothan…
Diptera	WHOLE	17.86	Manfothan…
Hemiptera	WHOLE	14.29	Manfothan…
Orthoptera	WHOLE	10.71	Manfothan…
Hymenoptera	WHOLE	7.14	Manfothan…
Insecta	WHOLE	3.57	Manfothan…

^a. Standardized values. See details for the calculations in Lintulaakso, K., Tatti, N. and Žliobaitė, I., 2022. Quantifying mammalian diets. Mammalian Biology, pp.1-15. [DOI]

Table 2. List of Standard Traits for Rhinolophus landeri.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Insectivore	Insectivore	Cakenberg…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Animalivore	Animalivore	Cakenberg…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Rhinolophus landeri.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	33	33	-	-	5.2	7.45	9.9	1	Patterson…
Body Mass (BM)	Africa	g	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	Robert M.…
Forearm Length (FA)	Burkina Faso	mm	-	-	-	-	-	41.45	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	Sudan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	43.1	-	-	Molinari,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Rhinolophus landeri.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Bandwidth	nan	kHz	14	14	-	-	3	12	23	7	Patterson…
BB, braincase breadth	nan	mm	40	40	-	-	7	8	8	0	Patterson…
C-C	nan	mm	37	37	-	-	4	4	5	0	Patterson…
Call interval	nan	ms	5	5	-	-	76	125	273	83	Patterson…
CCL, condylocanine length	nan	mm	35	35	-	-	15	16	17	0	Patterson…
CIL, condyloincisive length	nan	mm	30	30	-	-	15	17	17	1	Patterson…
DENL, dentary length	nan	mm	40	40	-	-	11	12	13	0	Patterson…
Duration	nan	ms	14	14	-	-	33	68	85	15	Patterson…
Ear length (EL)	nan	mm	19	19	-	-	12	17	22	2	Patterson…
End frequency	nan	kHz	14	14	-	-	81	87	101	6	Patterson…
Forearm length (FA)	nan	mm	40	40	-	-	40	44	48	2	Patterson…
Frequency of maximum energy	nan	kHz	14	14	-	-	101	102	104	1	Patterson…
GLS, greatest length of skull	nan	mm	34	34	-	-	17	19	20	1	Patterson…
Hind foot length (HF)	nan	mm	19	19	-	-	8	10	11	1	Patterson…
M2-M2, width at M2	nan	mm	40	40	-	-	6	7	7	0	Patterson…
MANDL, mandibular toothrow length	nan	mm	39	39	-	-	6	7	8	0	Patterson…
MLTRL, postcanine toothrow length	nan	mm	40	40	-	-	5	5	6	0	Patterson…
MPW, mastoid process width	nan	mm	38	38	-	-	9	9	10	0	Patterson…
MSTW, mastoid width	nan	mm	40	40	-	-	8	8	9	0	Patterson…
MTRL, maxillary toothrow length	nan	mm	38	38	-	-	6	7	7	0	Patterson…
PB, postorbital breadth	nan	mm	40	40	-	-	2	2	3	0	Patterson…
Start frequency	nan	kHz	14	14	-	-	103	105	112	2	Patterson…
Tail length (TL)	nan	mm	19	19	-	-	21	26	35	3	Patterson…
Total length (TTL)	nan	mm	19	19	-	-	69	76	85	4	Patterson…
ZB, zygomatic breadth	nan	mm	40	40	-	-	8	9	10	0	Patterson…

^b. other Measurements. Source Measurements which are not listed on or mapped with the Standard Traits..

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Rhinolophus landeri.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Rhinolophus landeri	Cakenberghe,V. V., 2002, Evolutionary relationships between cranial shape and diet in bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera), Topics in functional and ecological vertebrate morphology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Rhinolophus landeri	Brigham,R. M., 1991, Prey detection, dietary niche breadth, and body size in bats: why are aerial insectivorous bats so small?, The American Naturalist	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Rhinolophus landeri	Molinari, J., A global assessment of the 'island rule' in bats based on functionally distinct measures of body size. Journal of Biogeography.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Rhinolophus landeri	Manfothang Dongmo Ervis, Bakwo FILS Eric-Moise, Manga Mongombe Aaron, Tchuenguem Fohouo Fernand-Nestor. Food Habit, Spatial, and Dietary Niche Overlap of Three Sympatric Insectivorous Bats (Chiroptera) in the West Region of Cameroon. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Vol. 11, No. 5, 2023, pp. 55-65. doi: 10.11648/j.bio.20231105.11	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Rhinolophus landeri	Patterson, B.D., Demos, T.C., Torrent, L., Grunwald, A.L., Montauban, C., Kerbis Peterhans, J.C., McDonough, M.M., Dick, C.W., Bartonjo, M., Schoeman, M.C. and Ruedas, L.A., 2024. Systematics of the Rhinolophus landeri complex, with evidence for 3 additional Afrotropical bat species. Journal of Mammalogy, p.gyae085.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted

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