Accepted taxon: Brachyphylla nana
Accepted taxon: Brachyphylla nana
| Taxon: |
Brachyphylla nana |
| 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. |
Table 1. List of Diet Items for Brachyphylla nana.
| 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.
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Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Brachyphylla nana.
| Measurement |
Location |
Unit |
n Total |
n Unknown |
n Female |
n Male |
Min |
Mean |
Max |
SD |
Reference(s) |
| Body Mass (BM) |
Hispaniola |
g |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
31.87 |
- |
- |
Molinari,… |
| Body Mass (BM) |
Cuba |
g |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
33.46 |
- |
- |
Molinari,… |
| Forearm Length (FA) |
Middle Caicos |
mm |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
55.8 |
- |
- |
Molinari,… |
| Forearm Length (FA) |
Cuba |
mm |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
58.49 |
- |
- |
Molinari,… |
| Forearm Length (FA) |
Hispaniola |
mm |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
58.07 |
- |
- |
Molinari,… |
Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Brachyphylla nana.
| Measurement |
Location |
Unit |
n Total |
n Unknown |
n Female |
n Male |
Min |
Mean |
Max |
SD |
Reference(s) |
| Skull length |
Cuba |
mm |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
28 |
- |
- |
Molinari,… |
| Skull length |
Hispaniola |
mm |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
28 |
- |
- |
Molinari,… |
| Skull length |
Middle Caicos |
mm |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
29 |
- |
- |
Molinari,… |
| Basicranium width (mm) |
nan |
mm |
2 |
2 |
- |
- |
13 |
14 |
14 |
0 |
Grossnick… |
b. other Measurements.
Source Measurements which are not listed on or mapped with the Standard Traits..
Table 5. List of Data Sources for Brachyphylla nana.
| Taxon |
Reference |
Match |
Status |
| Brachyphylla nana |
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 nana |
Freeman,P. W., 1998, Form, function, and evolution in skulls and teeth of bats, |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Brachyphylla nana |
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 nana |
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 |
| Brachyphylla nana |
Grossnickle, D.M., Sadier, A., Patterson, E., Cortés-Viruet, N.N., Jiménez-Rivera, S.M., Sears, K.E. and Santana, S.E., 2024. The hierarchical radiation of phyllostomid bats as revealed by adaptive molar morphology. Current Biology. |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
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Brachyphylla nana
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