Accepted taxon: Micronycteris hirsuta
Accepted taxon: Micronycteris hirsuta
| Taxon: |
Micronycteris hirsuta |
| Rank: |
Species |
| Higher Classification: |
CHIROPTERA | Phyllostomidae | Phyllostominae | Micronycteris |
| 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 Micronycteris hirsuta diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 10, ASH (Ash contents) 4, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 35, CP (Crude Protein) 37, EE (Ether Extract) 13.
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 1. List of Diet Items for Micronycteris hirsuta.
| TSN Complete name |
Part |
Ratio a. |
Reference(s) |
| Insecta |
WHOLE |
66.67 |
Damuth, J… |
| Magnoliopsida |
FRUIT |
33.33 |
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 3. List of Standard Measurements for Micronycteris hirsuta.
| Measurement |
Location |
Unit |
n Total |
n Unknown |
n Female |
n Male |
Min |
Mean |
Max |
SD |
Reference(s) |
| Body Mass (BM) |
Brazil |
g |
- |
- |
- |
- |
10 |
14 |
18 |
- |
Paglia,A.… |
| Body Mass (BM) |
Central America |
g |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
14.7 |
- |
- |
Robert M.… |
Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Micronycteris hirsuta.
| Measurement |
Location |
Unit |
n Total |
n Unknown |
n Female |
n Male |
Min |
Mean |
Max |
SD |
Reference(s) |
| Basicranium width (mm) |
nan |
mm |
3 |
3 |
- |
- |
10 |
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 Micronycteris hirsuta.
| Taxon |
Reference |
Match |
Status |
| Micronycteris hirsuta |
Santana,S. E., 2011, The better to eat you with: functional correlates of tooth structure in bats, Functional Ecology |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Micronycteris hirsuta |
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 |
| Micronycteris hirsuta |
Paglia,A. P., 2012, Lista Anotada dos MamÃÂferos do Brasil 2ª Edição Annotated Checklist of Brazilian Mammals, |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
| Micronycteris hirsuta |
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 |
| Micronycteris hirsuta |
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 |
| Micronycteris hirsuta |
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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