MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Myotis yumanensis

Accepted taxon: Myotis yumanensis
Taxon:	Myotis yumanensis
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 yumanensis 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 yumanensis.
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 yumanensis.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Insectivore	Insectivore	Robert M.…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Animalivore	Animalivore	Robert M.…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Volant	Volant	Ospina-Ga…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Myotis yumanensis.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	North America	g	-	-	-	-	-	4.9	-	-	Robert M.…
Forearm Length (FA)	Montana	mm	-	-	-	-	-	36.32	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	Zacatecas	mm	-	-	-	-	-	34.49	-	-	Molinari,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Myotis yumanensis.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
relative wing loading (RWL)	nan	unitless	1	1	-	-	-	32	-	-	Ospina-Ga…
wing aspect ratio (WAR)	nan	unitless	1	1	-	-	-	5	-	-	Ospina-Ga…
wing mean centroid size (CS, cm)	nan	cm	1	1	-	-	-	13	-	-	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 yumanensis.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Myotis yumanensis	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 yumanensis	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 yumanensis	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
Myotis yumanensis	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 yumanensis	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

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