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MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Megaloglossus woermanni

Accepted taxon: Megaloglossus woermanni


Accepted taxon: Megaloglossus woermanni
Taxon: Megaloglossus woermanni
Rank: Species
Higher Classification: CHIROPTERA | Pteropodidae | Megaloglossus
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 Megaloglossus woermanni diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 4, ASH (Ash contents) 3, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 77, CP (Crude Protein) 14, EE (Ether Extract) 2. 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 Megaloglossus woermanni.
TSN Complete name Part Ratio a. Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida NECTAR/JUICE 55.56 Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida POLLEN 44.44 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 2. List of Standard Traits for Megaloglossus woermanni.
Trait Selected Value All Value(s) Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981 Nectarivore Nectarivore Brian K. …
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009 Frugivore Frugivore Brian K. …

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Megaloglossus woermanni.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)

Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Megaloglossus woermanni.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)

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


Table 5. List of Data Sources for Megaloglossus woermanni.
Taxon Reference Match Status
Megaloglossus woermanni Cakenberghe,V. V., 2002, Evolutionary relationships between cranial shape and diet in bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera), Topics in functional and ecological vertebrate morphology 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Megaloglossus woermanni McNab,B. K., 1986, The influence of food habits on the energetics of eutherian mammals, Ecological Monographs 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Megaloglossus woermanni 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
Megaloglossus woermanni Freeman,P. W., 1998, Form, function, and evolution in skulls and teeth of bats, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Megaloglossus woermanni Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Megaloglossus woermanni Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V, 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 Megaloglossus woermanni , Accessed 4th May 2025 at https://mammalbase.net/me/11487]