Accepted taxon: Chaerephon pumilus
Accepted taxon: Chaerephon pumilus
| Taxon: |
Chaerephon pumilus |
| Rank: |
Species |
| Higher Classification: |
CHIROPTERA | Molossidae | Molossinae | Chaerephon |
| 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 Chaerephon pumilus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 10, ASH (Ash contents) 4, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 18, CP (Crude Protein) 51, 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 Chaerephon pumilus.
| TSN Complete name |
Part |
Ratio a. |
Reference(s) |
| Insecta |
WHOLE |
41.90 |
Damuth, J… |
| Coleoptera |
WHOLE |
18.10 |
Grzimek,B… |
| Lepidoptera |
WHOLE |
17.62 |
Grzimek,B… |
| Hemiptera |
WHOLE |
9.52 |
Manfothan… |
| Diptera |
WHOLE |
5.71 |
Manfothan… |
| Hymenoptera |
WHOLE |
3.81 |
Manfothan… |
| Orthoptera |
WHOLE |
3.33 |
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 4. List of other Measurements b. for Chaerephon pumilus.
| Measurement |
Location |
Unit |
n Total |
n Unknown |
n Female |
n Male |
Min |
Mean |
Max |
SD |
Reference(s) |
| Skull length |
Comoros |
mm |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
16 |
- |
- |
Molinari,… |
| Skull length |
Kenya-Tanzania |
mm |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
17 |
- |
- |
Molinari,… |
| Skull length |
S Africa |
mm |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
17 |
- |
- |
Molinari,… |
| Skull length |
Upper Volta-Ghana |
mm |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
16 |
- |
- |
Molinari,… |
b. other Measurements.
Source Measurements which are not listed on or mapped with the Standard Traits..
Table 5. List of Data Sources for Chaerephon pumilus.
| Taxon |
Reference |
Match |
Status |
| Chaerephon pumila |
Cakenberghe,V. V., 2002, Evolutionary relationships between cranial shape and diet in bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera), Topics in functional and ecological vertebrate morphology |
51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon |
Verified - Accepted |
| Tadarida pumila |
Brigham,R. M., 1991, Prey detection, dietary niche breadth, and body size in bats: why are aerial insectivorous bats so small?, The American Naturalist |
52: Genus, Species = Master subfamily genus, species |
Verified - Accepted |
| Chaerephon pumila |
Damuth, J. 2010. ABSOLUT 6 a mammalian database compiled by the national center for ecological analysis and synthesis (NCEAS ) workshop on mammalian communities. |
51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon |
Verified - Accepted |
| Chaerephon pumila |
Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, |
51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon |
Verified - Accepted |
| Chaerephon pumila |
Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V, |
51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon |
Verified - Accepted |
| Chaerephon pumillus |
Molinari, J., A global assessment of the 'island rule' in bats based on functionally distinct measures of body size. Journal of Biogeography. |
51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon |
Verified - Accepted |
| Chaerephon pumilus |
Manfothang Dongmo Ervis, Bakwo FILS Eric-Moise, Manga Mongombe Aaron, Tchuenguem Fohouo Fernand-Nestor. Food Habit, Spatial, and Dietary Niche Overlap of Three Sympatric Insectivorous Bats (Chiroptera) in the West Region of Cameroon. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Vol. 11, No. 5, 2023, pp. 55-65. doi: 10.11648/j.bio.20231105.11 |
1: Exact Taxon match |
Verified - Accepted |
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