MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Peropteryx kappleri

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

Fig.1 - Ternary plot of the proximate analysis for the Peropteryx kappleri diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 10, ASH (Ash contents) 4, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 16, CP (Crude Protein) 52, EE (Ether Extract) 18. See details for the calculations in Lintulaakso, K., Tatti, N. and Žliobaitė, I., 2022. Quantifying mammalian diets. Mammalian Biology, pp.1-15. [DOI]

Table 1. List of Diet Items for Peropteryx kappleri.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Insecta	WHOLE	100.00	Damuth, J…

^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 Peropteryx kappleri.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Insectivore	Insectivore,Insectivore-Omnivore	Freeman,P…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Animalivore	Animalivore	Freeman,P…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Volant	Volant	Ospina-Ga…
Temporal habits	nocturnal	nocturnal	Rodrigo A…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Peropteryx kappleri.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	Brazil	g	-	-	-	-	6	8.5	11	-	Paglia,A.…
Body Mass (BM)	Amazonian Peru	g	-	-	-	-	-	8.9	-	-	Molinari,…
Body Mass (BM)	Central America	g	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	Robert M.…
Body Mass (BM)	French Guiana	g	-	-	-	-	-	8.25	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	Amazonian Peru	mm	-	-	-	-	-	50.7	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	French Guiana	mm	-	-	-	-	-	49.85	-	-	Molinari,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Peropteryx kappleri.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Skull length	Amazonian Peru	mm	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	Molinari,…
Skull length	French Guiana	mm	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	Molinari,…
relative wing loading (RWL)	nan	unitless	13	13	-	-	-	35	-	-	Ospina-Ga…
wing aspect ratio (WAR)	nan	unitless	13	13	-	-	-	7	-	-	Ospina-Ga…
wing mean centroid size (CS, cm)	nan	cm	13	13	-	-	-	17	-	-	Ospina-Ga…

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

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Peropteryx kappleri.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Pteropteryx kappleri	Brigham,R. M., 1991, Prey detection, dietary niche breadth, and body size in bats: why are aerial insectivorous bats so small?, The American Naturalist	51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon	Verified - Accepted
Peropteryx kappleri	Paglia,A. P., 2012, Lista Anotada dos MamÃƒÂferos do Brasil 2Ã‚Âª EdiÃƒÂ§ÃƒÂ£o Annotated Checklist of Brazilian Mammals,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Peropteryx kappleri	MedellÃƒÂn,R. A., 1994, Mammal diversity and conservation in the Selva Lacandona, Chiapas, Mexico, Conservation Biology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Peropteryx kappleri	Damuth, J. 2010. ABSOLUT 6 a mammalian database compiled by the national center for ecological analysis and synthesis (NCEAS ) workshop on mammalian communities.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Peropteryx kappleri	Freeman,P. W., 1998, Form, function, and evolution in skulls and teeth of bats,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Peropteryx kappleri	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Peropteryx kappleri	Gaudioso, P.J., Pérez, M.J., Gamboa Alurralde, S., Toledo, N. and Díaz, M.M., 2023. Exploration of the morphology and functional implications of the forelimb in bats (Mammalia, Chiroptera) from the Neotropical region. Zoomorphology, pp.1-17.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Peropteryx kappleri	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
Peropteryx kappleri	DeMers, A.C., 2023. Functional Significance of the Mandible, Tooth Roots, and Tooth Crowns, and their Implications for Fossil Dietary Inference (Doctoral dissertation, The Ohio State University).	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Peropteryx kappleri	Ospina-Garcés, S.M., Zamora-Gutierrez, V., Lara-Delgado, J.M., Morelos-Martínez, M., Ávila-Flores, R., Kurali, A., Ortega, J., Selem-Salas, C.I. and MacSwiney G, M.C., 2023. The relationship between wing morphology and foraging guilds: exploring the evolution of wing ecomorphs in bats. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, p.blad157.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted

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