MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Lasiurus blossevillii

Accepted taxon: Lasiurus blossevillii
Taxon:	Lasiurus blossevillii
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	CHIROPTERA \| Vespertilionidae \| Vespertilioninae \| Lasiurini \| Lasiurus \| Lasiurus
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 Lasiurus blossevillii.
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 Lasiurus blossevillii.
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 Lasiurus blossevillii.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	Brazil	g	-	-	-	-	8	11	14	-	Paglia,A.…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Lasiurus blossevillii.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
braincase breadth (BB)	nan	mm	11	11	-	-	7	7	8	0	Ramírez-C…
breadth across upper canines (C-C)	nan	mm	10	10	-	-	4	4	5	0	Ramírez-C…
breadth across upper molars (M-M)	nan	mm	11	11	-	-	5	5	6	0	Ramírez-C…
condylo-basal length (CBL)	nan	mm	10	10	-	-	10	11	12	0	Ramírez-C…
ear length (Ear)	nan	mm	10	10	-	-	8	10	12	1	Ramírez-C…
forearm length (FA)	nan	mm	12	12	-	-	38	39	41	1	Ramírez-C…
greatest length of the skull (GLS)	nan	mm	10	10	-	-	11	12	13	0	Ramírez-C…
hindfoot length (HF)	nan	mm	8	8	-	-	7	8	9	1	Ramírez-C…
least interorbital breadth (LIB)	nan	mm	11	11	-	-	5	5	6	0	Ramírez-C…
mandibular length (LM)	nan	mm	9	9	-	-	8	9	9	0	Ramírez-C…
mandibular toothrow length (LMdT)	nan	mm	10	10	-	-	5	5	5	0	Ramírez-C…
mastoid breadth (MB)	nan	mm	10	10	-	-	7	7	8	0	Ramírez-C…
maxillary toothrow length (LMxT)	nan	mm	11	11	-	-	4	4	4	0	Ramírez-C…
palatal length (PL)	nan	mm	7	7	-	-	4	5	5	0	Ramírez-C…
postorbital constriction (PC)	nan	mm	11	11	-	-	4	4	5	0	Ramírez-C…
tail length (Tail)	nan	mm	10	10	-	-	45	48	52	3	Ramírez-C…
total length (TL)	nan	mm	10	10	-	-	92	101	112	6	Ramírez-C…
Weight	nan	g	6	6	-	-	6	8	10	1	Ramírez-C…
zygomatic breadth (ZB)	nan	mm	7	7	-	-	8	9	9	0	Ramírez-C…

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

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Lasiurus blossevillii.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Lasiurus blossevilli	Paglia,A. P., 2012, Lista Anotada dos MamÃƒÂferos do Brasil 2Ã‚Âª EdiÃƒÂ§ÃƒÂ£o Annotated Checklist of Brazilian Mammals,	51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon	Verified - Accepted
Lasiurus blossevillii	Ramírez-Chaves, H.E., Cardona-Giraldo, A., Ossa-López, P.A., Monsalve, H.F.A., Rivera-Páez, F.A. and Morales-Martínez, D.M., 2023. Confirming the presence of Lasiurus frantzii (Peters, 1870)(Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) in South America: more questions than answers. ZooKeys, 1180, pp.145-157.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Lasiurus blossevillii	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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