MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Brachyphylla cavernarum

Accepted taxon: Brachyphylla cavernarum
Taxon:	Brachyphylla cavernarum
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	CHIROPTERA \| Phyllostomidae \| Brachyphyllinae \| Brachyphylla
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 Brachyphylla cavernarum diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 8, ASH (Ash contents) 4, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 52, CP (Crude Protein) 26, EE (Ether Extract) 9. 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 Brachyphylla cavernarum.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Insecta	WHOLE	40.00	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	30.00	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	NECTAR/JUICE	20.00	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	POLLEN	10.00	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 Brachyphylla cavernarum.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Frugivore-Granivore	Frugivore-Granivore,Nectarivore	Carstens,…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Frugivore	Frugivore	Carstens,…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Brachyphylla cavernarum.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	St. Vincent	g	-	-	-	-	-	44.94	-	-	Molinari,…
Body Mass (BM)	Barbados	g	-	-	-	-	-	35.09	-	-	Molinari,…
Body Mass (BM)	Martinique	g	-	-	-	-	-	42.7	-	-	Molinari,…
Body Mass (BM)	St. Kitts	g	-	-	-	-	-	44.3	-	-	Molinari,…
Body Mass (BM)	Barbuda	g	-	-	-	-	-	44.63	-	-	Molinari,…
Body Mass (BM)	Puerto Rico	g	-	-	-	-	-	44.2	-	-	Molinari,…
Body Mass (BM)	St. Lucia	g	-	-	-	-	-	43.37	-	-	Molinari,…
Body Mass (BM)	Anguilla, St. Marten	g	-	-	-	-	-	48.38	-	-	Molinari,…
Body Mass (BM)	Dominica	g	-	-	-	-	-	44.6	-	-	Molinari,…
Body Mass (BM)	Saba, St. Eustatius	g	-	-	-	-	-	45.59	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	Montserrat	mm	-	-	-	-	-	64.55	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	Barbados	mm	-	-	-	-	-	61.11	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	St. Croix	mm	-	-	-	-	-	64.85	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	St. Lucia	mm	-	-	-	-	-	65.15	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	Guadeloupe	mm	-	-	-	-	-	65.51	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	Anguilla, St. Marten	mm	-	-	-	-	-	65.8	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	Puerto Rico	mm	-	-	-	-	-	64.78	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	St. John, Norman, St. Thomas	mm	-	-	-	-	-	63.24	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	Barbuda	mm	-	-	-	-	-	66.2	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	St. Vincent	mm	-	-	-	-	-	65.08	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	Martinique	mm	-	-	-	-	-	65.24	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	Antigua	mm	-	-	-	-	-	66.4	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	Saba, St. Eustatius	mm	-	-	-	-	-	65.36	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	St. Kitts	mm	-	-	-	-	-	64.9	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	Dominica	mm	-	-	-	-	-	64.1	-	-	Molinari,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Brachyphylla cavernarum.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Skull length	Anguilla, St. Marten	mm	-	-	-	-	-	32	-	-	Molinari,…
Skull length	Antigua	mm	-	-	-	-	-	32	-	-	Molinari,…
Skull length	Barbados	mm	-	-	-	-	-	30	-	-	Molinari,…
Skull length	Barbuda	mm	-	-	-	-	-	32	-	-	Molinari,…
Skull length	Dominica	mm	-	-	-	-	-	32	-	-	Molinari,…
Skull length	Guadeloupe	mm	-	-	-	-	-	32	-	-	Molinari,…
Skull length	Martinique	mm	-	-	-	-	-	32	-	-	Molinari,…
Skull length	Montserrat	mm	-	-	-	-	-	32	-	-	Molinari,…
Skull length	Puerto Rico	mm	-	-	-	-	-	31	-	-	Molinari,…
Skull length	Saba, St. Eustatius	mm	-	-	-	-	-	32	-	-	Molinari,…
Skull length	St. Croix	mm	-	-	-	-	-	32	-	-	Molinari,…
Skull length	St. John, Norman, St. Thomas	mm	-	-	-	-	-	32	-	-	Molinari,…
Skull length	St. Kitts	mm	-	-	-	-	-	32	-	-	Molinari,…
Skull length	St. Lucia	mm	-	-	-	-	-	32	-	-	Molinari,…
Skull length	St. Vincent	mm	-	-	-	-	-	32	-	-	Molinari,…

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

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Brachyphylla cavernarum.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Brachyphylla cavernarum	Carstens,B. C., 2002, A Phylogeny of the Neotropical nectar-feeding bats (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) based on morphological and molecular data, Journal of Mammalian Evolution	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Brachyphylla cavernarum	Freeman,P. W., 1998, Form, function, and evolution in skulls and teeth of bats,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Brachyphylla cavernarum	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Brachyphylla cavernarum	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
Brachyphylla cavernarum	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
Brachyphylla cavernarum	López‐Aguirre, C., Ratcliffe, J.M. and Silcox, M.T., 2023. Interplay of diet and sympatry in the morphological evolution of noctilionoid bats. Journal of Biogeography.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted

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