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MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Mormoops megalophylla

Accepted taxon: Mormoops megalophylla


Accepted taxon: Mormoops megalophylla
Taxon: Mormoops megalophylla
Rank: Species
Higher Classification: CHIROPTERA | Mormoopidae | Mormoops
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 Mormoops megalophylla diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 10, ASH (Ash contents) 4, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 17, CP (Crude Protein) 52, EE (Ether Extract) 17. 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 Mormoops megalophylla.
TSN Complete name Part Ratio a. Reference(s)
Insecta WHOLE 70.00 Damuth, J…
Lepidoptera WHOLE 13.33 Grzimek,B…
Coleoptera WHOLE 10.00 Grzimek,B…
Diptera WHOLE 6.67 Grzimek,B…

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 Mormoops megalophylla.
Trait Selected Value All Value(s) Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981 Insectivore Insectivore,Insectivore-Omnivore Arriaga-F…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009 Animalivore Animalivore Arriaga-F…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981 Volant Volant Arriaga-F…
Temporal habits nocturnal nocturnal Rodrigo A…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Mormoops megalophylla.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
- Checked, Unlinked - Mexico n/a 3 3 - - - - 0 Jorge E. …
Body Mass (BM) Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao g - - - - - 13.27 - - Molinari,…
Body Mass (BM) Texas g - - - - - 17.33 - - Molinari,…
Body Mass (BM) Mexico g 3 3 - - - 15.33 - 2 Jorge E. …
Body Mass (BM) Trinidad g - - - - - 15.75 - - Molinari,…
Body Mass (BM) Venezuela g - - - - - 16.45 - - Molinari,…
Body Mass (BM) La Peregrina Canyon, Tamaulipas, Mexico g 6 6 - - - 15.8 - - Arriaga-F…
Body Mass (BM) Ecuador, Peru g - - - - - 20.85 - - Molinari,…
Body Mass (BM) Venezuela (Paraguaná) g - - - - - 16.05 - - Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA) Ecuador, Peru mm - - - - - 58.8 - - Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA) Venezuela (Paraguaná) mm - - - - - 54.8 - - Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA) Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao mm - - - - - 51.81 - - Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA) Texas mm - - - - - 54.9 - - Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA) Trinidad mm - - - - - 56.4 - - Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA) Venezuela (not Paraguaná) mm - - - - - 55.3 - - Molinari,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Mormoops megalophylla.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
Skull length Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao mm - - - - - 14 - - Molinari,…
Skull length Trinidad mm - - - - - 14 - - Molinari,…
Skull length Ecuador, Peru mm - - - - - 15 - - Molinari,…
Skull length Texas mm - - - - - 14 - - Molinari,…
Skull length Venezuela (not Paraguaná) mm - - - - - 15 - - Molinari,…
Skull length Venezuela (Paraguaná) mm - - - - - 15 - - Molinari,…
relative wing loading (RWL) nan unitless 41 41 - - - 33 - - Ospina-Ga…
wing aspect ratio (WAR) nan unitless 41 41 - - - 6 - - Ospina-Ga…
wing mean centroid size (CS, cm) nan cm 41 41 - - - 19 - - Ospina-Ga…
BMR (kJ/h) nan kJ/h - - - - - 0 - - McNab, B.…
BMR,mlO2/h nan mlO2/h 15 15 - - - 24 - - Genoud, M…
Basicranium width (mm) nan mm 4 4 - - 9 9 10 1 Grossnick…

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


Table 5. List of Data Sources for Mormoops megalophylla.
Taxon Reference Match Status
Mormoops megalophylla Schondube,J. E., 2001, Diet and the evolution of digestion and renal function in phyllostomid bats, Zoology 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Mormoops megalophylla Medellín,R. A., 1994, Mammal diversity and conservation in the Selva Lacandona, Chiapas, Mexico, Conservation Biology 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Mormoops megalophylla 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
Mormoops megalophylla Freeman,P. W., 1998, Form, function, and evolution in skulls and teeth of bats, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Mormoops megalophylla Reid,F., 2006, Peterson field guide to mammals of North America, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Mormoops megalophylla Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Mormoops megalophylla Arriaga-Flores, J.C., Castro-Arellano, I., Moreno-Valdez, A. and Correa-Sandoval, A., 2012. Temporal niche overlap of a riparian forest bat assemblage in subtropical Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Mastozoología (Nueva Época), 2(1), pp.3-17. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Mormoops megalophylla 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
Mormoops megalophylla 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
Mormoops megalophylla 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
Mormoops megalophylla 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
Mormoops megalophylla McNab, B.K., 2008. An analysis of the factors that influence the level and scaling of mammalian BMR. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 151(1), pp.5-28. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Mormoops megalophylla Genoud, M., Isler, K. and Martin, R.D., 2018. Comparative analyses of basal rate of metabolism in mammals: data selection does matter. Biological Reviews, 93(1), pp.404-438. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Mormoops megalophylla 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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