MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Leptonycteris yerbabuenae

Accepted taxon: Leptonycteris yerbabuenae
Taxon:	Leptonycteris yerbabuenae
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	CHIROPTERA \| Phyllostomidae \| Glossophaginae \| Glossophagini \| Leptonycteris
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 Leptonycteris yerbabuenae.
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 Leptonycteris yerbabuenae.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Nectarivore	Nectarivore	– Brian K. McNab, 1986, 'The Influence of Food Habits on the Energetics of Eutherian Mammals', Ecological Monographs, vol. 56, no. 1, p. 1, Carstens,B. C., 2002, A Phylogeny of the Neotropical nectar-feeding bats (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) based on morphological and molecular data, Journal of Mammalian Evolution
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Frugivore	Frugivore	– Brian K. McNab, 1986, 'The Influence of Food Habits on the Energetics of Eutherian Mammals', Ecological Monographs, vol. 56, no. 1, p. 1, Carstens,B. C., 2002, A Phylogeny of the Neotropical nectar-feeding bats (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) based on morphological and molecular data, Journal of Mammalian Evolution

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Leptonycteris yerbabuenae.
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 Leptonycteris yerbabuenae.
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 Leptonycteris yerbabuenae.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Leptonycteris sanborni	McNab,B. K., 1986, The influence of food habits on the energetics of eutherian mammals, Ecological Monographs	61: Genus, Species = Master genus, species synonym	Verified - Accepted
Leptonycteris yerbabuenae	Carstens,B. C., 2002, A Phylogeny of the Neotropical nectar-feeding bats (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) based on morphological and molecular data, Journal of Mammalian Evolution	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted

Citation for this page: [The MammalBase community 2026. / CC BY 4.0. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7462864 Leptonycteris yerbabuenae , Accessed 16th April 2026 at https://mammalbase.net/me/12404]