MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Lonchorhina aurita

Accepted taxon: Lonchorhina aurita
Taxon:	Lonchorhina aurita
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	CHIROPTERA \| Phyllostomidae \| Phyllostominae \| Lonchorhina
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 Lonchorhina aurita 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 Lonchorhina aurita.
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 Lonchorhina aurita.
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 Lonchorhina aurita.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	Central America	g	-	-	-	-	-	14.5	-	-	Robert M.…
Body Mass (BM)	Brazil	g	-	-	-	-	12	17	22	-	Paglia,A.…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Lonchorhina aurita.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
relative wing loading (RWL)	nan	unitless	1	1	-	-	-	45	-	-	Ospina-Ga…
wing aspect ratio (WAR)	nan	unitless	1	1	-	-	-	6	-	-	Ospina-Ga…
wing mean centroid size (CS, cm)	nan	cm	1	1	-	-	-	23	-	-	Ospina-Ga…
Basicranium width (mm)	nan	mm	2	2	-	-	11	11	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 Lonchorhina aurita.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Lonchorhina aurita	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
Lonchorhina aurita	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
Lonchorhina aurita	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
Lonchorhina aurita	MedellÃƒÂn,R. A., 1994, Mammal diversity and conservation in the Selva Lacandona, Chiapas, Mexico, Conservation Biology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Lonchorhina aurita	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
Lonchorhina aurita	Freeman,P. W., 1998, Form, function, and evolution in skulls and teeth of bats,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Lonchorhina aurita	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
Lonchorhina aurita	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
Lonchorhina aurita	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
Lonchorhina aurita	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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