MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Artibeus watsoni

Accepted taxon: Artibeus watsoni
Taxon:	Artibeus watsoni
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	CHIROPTERA \| Phyllostomidae \| Stenodermatinae \| Stenodermatini \| Artibeus \| Dermanura
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 Artibeus watsoni.
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. [DOI]

Table 2. List of Standard Traits for Artibeus watsoni.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Frugivore	Frugivore	– Rodrigo A. Medellin, 1994, 'Mammal Diversity and Conservation in the Selva Lacandona, Chiapas, Mexico', Conservation Biology, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 780-799
Temporal habits	nocturnal	nocturnal	– Rodrigo A. Medellin, 1994, 'Mammal Diversity and Conservation in the Selva Lacandona, Chiapas, Mexico', Conservation Biology, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 780-799
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Volant	Volant	– Ospina-Garcés, S., Zamora-Gutierrez, V., Lara-Delgado, J., Morelos-Martínez, M., Ávila-Flores, R., Kurali, A., Ortega, J., Selem-Salas, C., MacSwiney G, M. 2023. The relationship between wing morphology and foraging guilds: exploring the evolution of wing ecomorphs in bats. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. None(None), pp.None. Available at: 10.1093/biolinnean/blad157., Rodrigo A. Medellin, 1994, 'Mammal Diversity and Conservation in the Selva Lacandona, Chiapas, Mexico', Conservation Biology, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 780-799
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Frugivore-Herbivore	Frugivore-Herbivore	– Rodrigo A. Medellin, 1994, 'Mammal Diversity and Conservation in the Selva Lacandona, Chiapas, Mexico', Conservation Biology, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 780-799

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Artibeus watsoni.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	Escudo de Veraguas island	g	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	Molinari,…
Body Mass (BM)	Mainland Panama	g	-	-	-	-	-	11.1	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	Escudo de Veraguas island	mm	-	-	-	-	-	42.7	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	Mainland Panama	mm	-	-	-	-	-	38.5	-	-	Molinari,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Artibeus watsoni.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Skull length	Escudo de Veraguas island	mm	-	-	-	-	-	21	-	-	Molinari,…
Skull length	Mainland Panama	mm	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	Molinari,…
relative wing loading (RWL)	nan	unitless	1	1	-	-	-	40	-	-	Ospina-Ga…
wing aspect ratio (WAR)	nan	unitless	1	1	-	-	-	5	-	-	Ospina-Ga…
wing mean centroid size (CS, cm)	nan	cm	1	1	-	-	-	16	-	-	Ospina-Ga…

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

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Artibeus watsoni.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Dermanura watsoni	MedellÃƒÂn,R. A., 1994, Mammal diversity and conservation in the Selva Lacandona, Chiapas, Mexico, Conservation Biology	2: Genus, Species = Master Subgenus, species	Verified - Accepted
Dermanura watsoni	Molinari, J., A global assessment of the 'island rule' in bats based on functionally distinct measures of body size. Journal of Biogeography.	2: Genus, Species = Master Subgenus, species	Verified - Accepted
Dermanura watsoni	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.	2: Genus, Species = Master Subgenus, species	Verified - Accepted

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