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MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Phyllostomus hastatus

Accepted taxon: Phyllostomus hastatus


Accepted taxon: Phyllostomus hastatus
Taxon: Phyllostomus hastatus
Rank: Species
Higher Classification: CHIROPTERA | Phyllostomidae | Phyllostominae | Phyllostomus
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 Phyllostomus hastatus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 7, ASH (Ash contents) 5, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 27, CP (Crude Protein) 48, EE (Ether Extract) 13. 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 Phyllostomus hastatus.
TSN Complete name Part Ratio a. Reference(s)
Insecta WHOLE 40.00 Damuth, J…
Vertebrata WHOLE 16.33 Nowak,R. …
Magnoliopsida FRUIT 10.04 Damuth, J…
Coleoptera WHOLE 7.28 Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida NECTAR/JUICE 5.95 Damuth, J…
Reptilia WHOLE 5.83 Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida POLLEN 4.90 Damuth, J…
Mammalia WHOLE 4.66 Grzimek,B…
Ochroma POLLEN 2.33 Grzimek,B…
Cecropia FRUIT 1.51 Grzimek,B…
Arthropoda WHOLE 0.31 Pellón, J…
Orthoptera WHOLE 0.22 Pellón, J…
Ficus FRUIT 0.19 Pellón, J…
Hymenoptera WHOLE 0.15 Pellón, J…
Hemiptera WHOLE 0.12 Pellón, J…
Piper FRUIT 0.09 Pellón, J…
Solanaceae FRUIT 0.06 Pellón, J…
Diptera WHOLE 0.03 Pellón, 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 Phyllostomus hastatus.
Trait Selected Value All Value(s) Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981 Insectivore Frugivore-omnivore, Insectivore, Insectivore-Omnivore – Cakenberghe,V. V., 2002, Evolutionary relationships between cranial shape and diet in bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera), Topics in functional and ecological vertebrate morphology, Elisabeth K. V. Kalko, Charles O. Handley, 2001, 'Neotropical bats in the canopy: diversity, community structure, and implications for conservation', Forestry Sciences, pp. 319-333, Freeman,P. W., 1998, Form, function, and evolution in skulls and teeth of bats,, Paglia,A. P., 2012, Lista Anotada dos Mamíferos do Brasil 2ª Edição Annotated Checklist of Brazilian Mammals,, Robert M. R. Barclay, R. Mark Brigham, 1991, 'Prey Detection, Dietary Niche Breadth, and Body Size in Bats: Why are Aerial Insectivorous Bats so Small?', The American Naturalist, vol. 137, no. 5, p. 693, Sharlene E. Santana, Suzanne Strait, Elizabeth R. Dumont, 2011, 'The better to eat you with: functional correlates of tooth structure in bats', Functional Ecology, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 839-847
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009 Animalivore Animalivore, Frugivore – Cakenberghe,V. V., 2002, Evolutionary relationships between cranial shape and diet in bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera), Topics in functional and ecological vertebrate morphology, Elisabeth K. V. Kalko, Charles O. Handley, 2001, 'Neotropical bats in the canopy: diversity, community structure, and implications for conservation', Forestry Sciences, pp. 319-333, Freeman,P. W., 1998, Form, function, and evolution in skulls and teeth of bats,, Paglia,A. P., 2012, Lista Anotada dos Mamíferos do Brasil 2ª Edição Annotated Checklist of Brazilian Mammals,, Robert M. R. Barclay, R. Mark Brigham, 1991, 'Prey Detection, Dietary Niche Breadth, and Body Size in Bats: Why are Aerial Insectivorous Bats so Small?', The American Naturalist, vol. 137, no. 5, p. 693, Sharlene E. Santana, Suzanne Strait, Elizabeth R. Dumont, 2011, 'The better to eat you with: functional correlates of tooth structure in bats', Functional Ecology, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 839-847
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981 Volant Volant – Paglia,A. P., 2012, Lista Anotada dos Mamíferos do Brasil 2ª Edição Annotated Checklist of Brazilian Mammals,

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Phyllostomus hastatus.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM) Central America g - - - - - 107 - - Robert M.…
Body Mass (BM) Brazil g - - - - 78 95 112 - Paglia,A.…

Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Phyllostomus hastatus.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
Skull length Amazonian Peru mm - - - - - 37 - - Molinari,…
Skull length French Guiana mm - - - - - 36 - - Molinari,…

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


Table 5. List of Data Sources for Phyllostomus hastatus.
Taxon Reference Match Status
Phyllostomus hastatus 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
Phyllostomus hastatus Santana,S. E., 2011, The better to eat you with: functional correlates of tooth structure in bats, Functional Ecology 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Phyllostomus hastatus 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
Phyllostomus hastatus Kalko,E. K. V., 2001, Neotropical bats in the canopy: diversity, community structure, and implications for conservation, Plant Ecology 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Phyllostomus hastatus Cruz-Neto,A. P., 2001, Diet, phylogeny, and basal metabolic rate in phyllostomid bats, Zoology 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Phyllostomus hastatus Paglia,A. P., 2012, Lista Anotada dos Mamíferos do Brasil 2ª Edição Annotated Checklist of Brazilian Mammals, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Phyllostomus hastatus 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
Phyllostomus hastatus Freeman,P. W., 1998, Form, function, and evolution in skulls and teeth of bats, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Phyllostomus hastatus Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Phyllostomus hastatus Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Phyllostomus hastatus Pellón, J.J., Medina-Espinoza, E.F., Lim, B.K., Cornejo, F. and Medellín, R.A., 2022. Eat what you can, when you can: relatively high arthropod consumption by frugivorous bats in Amazonian Peru. Mammalian Biology, pp.1-8. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Phyllostomus hastatus 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

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