MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Hipposideros lankadiva

Accepted taxon: Hipposideros lankadiva
Taxon:	Hipposideros lankadiva
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	CHIROPTERA \| Hipposideridae \| Hipposideros
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 Hipposideros lankadiva.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
There are no Diet Items available.

^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 Hipposideros lankadiva.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Insectivore	Insectivore	Freeman,P…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Animalivore	Animalivore	Freeman,P…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Hipposideros lankadiva.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	Sri Lanka	g	-	-	-	-	-	54.78	-	-	Molinari,…
Body Mass (BM)	Peninsular India	g	-	-	-	-	-	44	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	Sri Lanka	mm	-	-	-	-	-	90.35	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	Peninsular India	mm	-	-	-	-	-	83.2	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	Myanmar	mm	-	-	-	-	-	91.75	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	NE India	mm	-	-	-	-	-	88.3	-	-	Molinari,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Hipposideros lankadiva.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Skull length	Sri Lanka	mm	-	-	-	-	-	35	-	-	Molinari,…
Skull length	Myanmar	mm	-	-	-	-	-	34	-	-	Molinari,…
Skull length	NE India	mm	-	-	-	-	-	32	-	-	Molinari,…
Skull length	Peninsular India	mm	-	-	-	-	-	31	-	-	Molinari,…

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

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Hipposideros lankadiva.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Hipposideros lankadiva	Freeman,P. W., 1998, Form, function, and evolution in skulls and teeth of bats,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Hipposideros lankadiva	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

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