Home Mammals Diets Proximate Analysis News About
Diet Set ETS Proximate Analysis
ETS
 Home Mammals Diets Proximate Analysis News About Import Export

MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Myotis albescens

Accepted taxon: Myotis albescens


Accepted taxon: Myotis albescens
Taxon: Myotis albescens
Rank: Species
Higher Classification: CHIROPTERA | Vespertilionidae | Myotinae | Myotis
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 Myotis albescens diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 10, ASH (Ash contents) 4, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 16, CP (Crude Protein) 52, EE (Ether Extract) 18. 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 Myotis albescens.
TSN Complete name Part Ratio a. Reference(s)
Insecta WHOLE 100.00 Damuth, J…

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 Myotis albescens.
Trait Selected Value All Value(s) Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981 Insectivore Insectivore,Insectivore-Omnivore Paglia,A.…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009 Animalivore Animalivore Paglia,A.…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981 Volant Volant Ospina-Ga…
Temporal habits nocturnal nocturnal Rodrigo A…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Myotis albescens.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM) Central America g - - - - - 6.3 - - Robert M.…
Body Mass (BM) Brazil g - - - - 4 7.5 11 - Paglia,A.…

Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Myotis albescens.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
BAC: Breadth across canines; Greatest breadth across outer edges of the crowns of upper canines, including cingulae. Argentina mm 20 20 - - 4 4 4 - Novaes, R…
BAL: Basal length; Least distance from the apex of upper internal incisors to the ventral margin of the foramen magnum. Argentina mm 20 20 - - 12 12 13 - Novaes, R…
BAM: Breadth across molars; Greatest breadth across outer edges of the crowns of upper molars. Argentina mm 20 20 - - 5 6 6 - Novaes, R…
BCB: Braincase breadth; Greatest breadth of the globular part of the braincase. Argentina mm 20 20 - - 7 7 7 - Novaes, R…
Body mass Argentina g 18 18 - - 6 6 7 - Novaes, R…
CCL: Condyle-canine length; From the anterior surface of the upper canines to a line connecting the occipital condyles. Argentina mm 20 20 - - 12 13 14 - Novaes, R…
CIL: Condyle-incisive length; From the apex of upper internal incisors to a line connecting the occipital condyles. Argentina mm 20 20 - - 13 13 14 - Novaes, R…
EL: Ear length; From the base to the apex of the pinna Argentina mm 22 22 - - 12 14 16 - Novaes, R…
FA: Forearm length; From the elbow to the distal end of the forearm including carpals. Argentina mm 22 22 - - 34 35 37 - Novaes, R…
IOB: Interorbital breadth; Least breadth between the orbits. Argentina mm 20 20 - - 5 5 5 - Novaes, R…
LDH: Length of the dorsal hairs; From the base to the tip of the hair in fur between scapulae.: Length of the dorsal hairs; From the base to the tip of the hair in fur between scapulae. Argentina mm 17 17 - - 6 7 8 - Novaes, R…
length of the upper molars (M1–3) Argentina mm 20 20 - - 3 3 3 - Novaes, R…
LVH: Length of the ventral hairs; In fur at mid thorax.: Length of the ventral hairs; In fur at mid thorax. Argentina mm 17 17 - - 5 5 6 - Novaes, R…
MAB: Mastoid breadth; Greatest breadth across the mastoid region. Argentina mm 20 20 - - 7 7 8 - Novaes, R…
MAL: Mandibular length; From the mandibular symphysis to the condyloid process. Argentina mm 20 20 - - 10 10 10 - Novaes, R…
MAN: Mandibular toothrow length; From the lower canine to m3. Argentina mm 20 20 - - 5 6 6 - Novaes, R…
MTL: Maxillary toothrow length; From the upper canine to M3. Argentina mm 20 20 - - 5 5 6 - Novaes, R…
POB: Postorbital breadth; Least breadth across frontals posterior to the postorbital bulges. Argentina mm 20 20 - - 4 4 4 - Novaes, R…
zygomatic breadth (ZB) Argentina mm 11 11 - - 9 9 9 - Novaes, R…
relative wing loading (RWL) nan unitless 1 1 - - - 41 - - Ospina-Ga…
wing aspect ratio (WAR) nan unitless 1 1 - - - 6 - - Ospina-Ga…
wing mean centroid size (CS, cm) nan cm 1 1 - - - 12 - - 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 Myotis albescens.
Taxon Reference Match Status
Myotis albescens Brigham,R. M., 1991, Prey detection, dietary niche breadth, and body size in bats: why are aerial insectivorous bats so small?, The American Naturalist 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Myotis albescens Paglia,A. P., 2012, Lista Anotada dos Mamíferos do Brasil 2ª Edição Annotated Checklist of Brazilian Mammals, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Myotis albescens Medellín,R. A., 1994, Mammal diversity and conservation in the Selva Lacandona, Chiapas, Mexico, Conservation Biology 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Myotis albescens 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
Myotis albescens Novaes, R.L.M., Cláudio, V.C., Díaz, M.M., Wilson, D.E., Weksler, M. and Moratelli, R., 2022. Argentinean Myotis (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae), including the description of a new species from the Yungas. Vertebrate Zoology, 72, pp.1187-1216. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Myotis albescens 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
Myotis albescens 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

Citation for this page: [The MammalBase community 2025. / CC BY 4.0. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7462864 Myotis albescens , Accessed 21st June 2025 at https://mammalbase.net/me/13413]