MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Eptesicus andinus

Accepted taxon: Eptesicus andinus
Taxon:	Eptesicus andinus
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	CHIROPTERA \| Vespertilionidae \| Vespertilioninae \| Eptesicini \| Eptesicus \| Eptesicus
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 Eptesicus andinus.
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 Eptesicus andinus.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Insectivore	Insectivore	Paglia,A.…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Animalivore	Animalivore	Paglia,A.…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Volant	Volant	Paglia,A.…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Eptesicus andinus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	Brazil	g	-	-	-	-	7	8.5	10	-	Paglia,A.…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Eptesicus andinus.
Measurement	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Greatest Length of Skull /Breadth Across Molars	unitless	22	22	-	-	-	2	-	-	Cláudio, …
Tragus Length	mm	22	22	-	-	-	10	-	-	Cláudio, …
altura de la caja craneal (AB)	mm	10	10	-	-	6	6	6	-	Henao Cas…
ancho de la caja craneal (ANB)	mm	10	10	-	-	8	8	8	-	Henao Cas…
ancho de los caninos (SDS)	mm	10	10	-	-	6	6	6	-	Henao Cas…
ancho del mastoideo (AM)	mm	10	10	-	-	8	9	9	-	Henao Cas…
ancho entre los molares superiores (M3-M3)	mm	10	10	-	-	7	7	7	-	Henao Cas…
ancho postorbital (APO)	mm	10	10	-	-	4	4	4	-	Henao Cas…
ancho zigomático (AZ)	mm	10	10	-	-	10	11	11	-	Henao Cas…
longitud cóndilo basal (LCB)	mm	10	10	-	-	14	15	16	-	Henao Cas…
longitud de la mandíbula (LM)	mm	10	10	-	-	11	13	13	-	Henao Cas…
longitud de la tibia (Tibia)	mm	12	12	-	-	16	17	18	-	Henao Cas…
longitud de los metacarpales 3 (3ML)	mm	12	12	-	-	39	41	42	-	Henao Cas…
longitud de los metacarpales 4 (4ML)	mm	12	12	-	-	39	41	42	-	Henao Cas…
longitud de los metacarpales 5 (5ML)	mm	12	12	-	-	36	39	40	-	Henao Cas…
longitud de los molariformes superiores (MS)	mm	10	10	-	-	5	5	5	-	Henao Cas…
longitud máxima del cráneo (TLC)	mm	10	10	-	-	16	17	17	-	Henao Cas…
longitud palatal (LP)	mm	10	10	-	-	6	7	7	-	Henao Cas…

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

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Eptesicus andinus.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Eptesicus andinus	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
Eptesicus andinus	Cláudio, V.C., Novaes, R.L., Gardner, A.L., Nogueira, M.R., Wilson, D.E., Maldonado, J.E., Oliveira, J.A. and Moratelli, R., 2023. Taxonomic re-evaluation of New World Eptesicus and Histiotus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), with the description of a new genus. Zoologia (Curitiba), 40, p.e22029.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Eptesicus andinus	Henao Castrillón, S.C., 2023. Avances en la sistemática de los murciélagos Eptesicus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) de Colombia: exploración de caracteres y complejos de especies.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Eptesicus andinus	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

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