MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Nycteris thebaica

Accepted taxon: Nycteris thebaica
Taxon:	Nycteris thebaica
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	CHIROPTERA \| Nycteridae \| Nycteris
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 Nycteris thebaica diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 5, ASH (Ash contents) 4, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 7, CP (Crude Protein) 69, EE (Ether Extract) 14. 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 Nycteris thebaica.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Scorpiones	WHOLE	38.69	Damuth, J…
Squamata	WHOLE	25.00	Grzimek,B…
Insecta	WHOLE	17.56	Damuth, J…
Solifugae	WHOLE	6.25	Grzimek,B…
Arthropoda	WHOLE	4.46	Grzimek,B…
Orthoptera	WHOLE	3.57	Grzimek,B…
Lepidoptera	WHOLE	2.68	Grzimek,B…
Coleoptera	WHOLE	1.79	Grzimek,B…

^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 Nycteris thebaica.
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 Nycteris thebaica.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	Africa	g	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	Robert M.…
Body Mass (BM)	Burkina Faso	g	-	-	-	-	-	7.57	-	-	Molinari,…
Body Mass (BM)	Malawi	g	-	-	-	-	-	8.05	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	Malawi	mm	-	-	-	-	-	45	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	Burkina Faso	mm	-	-	-	-	-	41.76	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	Egypt	mm	-	-	-	-	-	45.75	-	-	Molinari,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Nycteris thebaica.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Skull length	Burkina Faso	mm	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	Molinari,…
Skull length	Egypt	mm	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	Molinari,…
Skull length	Malawi	mm	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	Molinari,…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	32	32	-	-	-	19	-	-	Genoud, M…

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

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Nycteris thebaica.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Nycteris thebaica	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
Nycteris thebaica	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
Nycteris thebaica	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
Nycteris thebaica	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Nycteris thebaica	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Nycteris thebaica	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
Nycteris thebaica	Genoud, M., Isler, K. and Martin, R.D., 2018. Comparative analyses of basal rate of metabolism in mammals: data selection does matter. Biological Reviews, 93(1), pp.404-438.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted

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