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MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Anoura geoffroyi

Accepted taxon: Anoura geoffroyi


Accepted taxon: Anoura geoffroyi
Taxon: Anoura geoffroyi
Rank: Species
Higher Classification: CHIROPTERA | Phyllostomidae | Glossophaginae | Glossophagini | Anoura
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 Anoura geoffroyi diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 9, ASH (Ash contents) 4, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 47, CP (Crude Protein) 30, EE (Ether Extract) 10. 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 Anoura geoffroyi.
TSN Complete name Part Ratio a. Reference(s)
Insecta WHOLE 35.83 Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida POLLEN 17.50 Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida FRUIT 15.00 Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida NECTAR/JUICE 15.00 Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida FLOWER 8.33 Grzimek,B…
Coleoptera WHOLE 5.00 Nowak,R. …
Lepidoptera WHOLE 3.33 Nowak,R. …

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 Anoura geoffroyi.
Trait Selected Value All Value(s) Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981 Nectarivore Nectarivore Cakenberg…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009 Frugivore Animalivore,Frugivore Cakenberg…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981 Volant Volant Ospina-Ga…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Anoura geoffroyi.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
- Checked, Unlinked - Mexico n/a 1 1 - - - - - Jorge E. …
Body Mass (BM) Venezuela g - - - - - 14.14 - - Molinari,…
Body Mass (BM) Trinidad g - - - - - 14.9 - - Molinari,…
Body Mass (BM) Mexico g 1 1 - - - 15.5 - - Jorge E. …
Body Mass (BM) SE Brasil g - - - - - 15.65 - - Molinari,…
Body Mass (BM) Central America g - - - - - 15.2 - - Robert M.…
Body Mass (BM) Brazil g - - - - 13 16 19 - Paglia,A.…
Forearm Length (FA) SE Brasil mm - - - - - 41.3 - - Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA) Grenada mm - - - - - 42.45 - - Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA) Venezuela mm - - - - - 42.46 - - Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA) Trinidad mm - - - - - 42.31 - - Molinari,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Anoura geoffroyi.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
Skull length Grenada mm - - - - - 25 - - Molinari,…
Skull length Trinidad mm - - - - - 25 - - Molinari,…
Skull length SE Brasil mm - - - - - 25 - - Molinari,…
Skull length Venezuela mm - - - - - 25 - - Molinari,…
relative wing loading (RWL) nan unitless 1 1 - - - 48 - - Ospina-Ga…
wing aspect ratio (WAR) nan unitless 1 1 - - - 6 - - Ospina-Ga…
wing mean centroid size (CS, cm) nan cm 1 1 - - - 18 - - Ospina-Ga…
Basicranium width (mm) nan mm 3 3 - - 10 10 11 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 Anoura geoffroyi.
Taxon Reference Match Status
Anoura geoffroyi 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
Anoura geoffroyi 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
Anoura geoffroyi 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
Anoura geoffroyi Passos,F. C., 2003, Frugivoria em morcegos (Mammalia, Chiroptera) no Parque Estadual Intervales, sudeste do Brasil, Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Anoura geoffroyi Schondube,J. E., 2001, Diet and the evolution of digestion and renal function in phyllostomid bats, Zoology 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Anoura geoffroyi Paglia,A. P., 2012, Lista Anotada dos Mamíferos do Brasil 2ª Edição Annotated Checklist of Brazilian Mammals, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Anoura geoffroyi 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
Anoura geoffroyi Freeman,P. W., 1998, Form, function, and evolution in skulls and teeth of bats, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Anoura geoffroyi Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Anoura geoffroyi Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Anoura geoffroyi 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
Anoura geoffroyi 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
Anoura geoffroyi 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
Anoura geoffroyi 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
Anoura geoffroyi 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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