MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Carollia perspicillata

Accepted taxon: Carollia perspicillata
Taxon:	Carollia perspicillata
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	CHIROPTERA \| Phyllostomidae \| Carolliinae \| Carollia
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 Carollia perspicillata diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 8, ASH (Ash contents) 4, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 43, CP (Crude Protein) 17, EE (Ether Extract) 12. 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 Carollia perspicillata.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	27.37	Damuth, J…
Insecta	WHOLE	15.80	Damuth, J…
Piper	FRUIT	14.68	Grzimek,B…
Passiflora	NECTAR/JUICE	11.94	Nowak,R. …
Magnoliopsida	FLOWER	5.97	Grzimek,B…
Vismia	FRUIT	5.37	Grzimek,B…
Piper dilatatum	FRUIT	3.58	Passos,F.…
Piper aduncum	FRUIT	3.18	Passos,F.…
Magnoliopsida	NECTAR/JUICE	2.99	Damuth, J…
Solanum	FRUIT	2.39	Passos,F.…
Rubus	FRUIT	2.39	Passos,F.…
Solanum megalochiton	FRUIT	1.19	Passos,F.…
Solanum variabile	FRUIT	0.80	Passos,F.…
Solanum granuloso-leprosum	FRUIT	0.70	Stevens, …
Solanaceae	FRUIT	0.60	Pellón, J…
Arthropoda	WHOLE	0.40	Pellón, J…
Cecropia pachystachya	FRUIT	0.30	Stevens, …
Cecropia	FRUIT	0.20	Pellón, J…
Magnoliophyta	FRUIT	0.16	Stevens, …

^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 Carollia perspicillata.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Frugivore-Granivore	Frugivore-Granivore,Frugivore-Herbivore,Insectivore	Brian K. …
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Frugivore	Animalivore,Frugivore	Brian K. …
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Volant	Volant	Brian K. …
Temporal habits	nocturnal	nocturnal	Rodrigo A…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Carollia perspicillata.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	Central America	g	-	-	-	-	-	22.5	-	-	Robert M.…
Body Mass (BM)	Brazil	g	-	-	-	-	10	16.5	23	-	Paglia,A.…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Carollia perspicillata.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Skull length	Amazonian Peru	mm	-	-	-	-	-	22	-	-	Molinari,…
Skull length	Colombia	mm	-	-	-	-	-	23	-	-	Molinari,…
Skull length	French Guiana	mm	-	-	-	-	-	22	-	-	Molinari,…
Skull length	Paraguay	mm	-	-	-	-	-	23	-	-	Molinari,…

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

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Carollia perspicillata.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Carollia perspicillata	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
Carollia perspecillata	McNab,B. K., 1986, The influence of food habits on the energetics of eutherian mammals, Ecological Monographs	51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon	Verified - Accepted
Carollia perspicillata	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
Camilla perspicillata	Kalko,E. K. V., 2001, Neotropical bats in the canopy: diversity, community structure, and implications for conservation, Plant Ecology	30: Name variant (middle)	Verified - Accepted
Carollia perspicillata	Cruz-Neto,A. P., 2001, Diet, phylogeny, and basal metabolic rate in phyllostomid bats, Zoology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Carollia perspicillata	Paglia,A. P., 2012, Lista Anotada dos MamÃƒÂferos do Brasil 2Ã‚Âª EdiÃƒÂ§ÃƒÂ£o Annotated Checklist of Brazilian Mammals,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Carollia perspicillata	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
Carollia perspicillata	MedellÃƒÂn,R. A., 1994, Mammal diversity and conservation in the Selva Lacandona, Chiapas, Mexico, Conservation Biology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Carollia perspicillata	SÃƒÂnchezÃ¢â‚¬ÂCordero,V. ÃƒÂ., 2008, Elevation gradients of diversity for rodents and bats in Oaxaca, Mexico, Global Ecology and Biogeography	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Carollia perspicillata	Passos,F. C., 2003, Frugivoria em morcegos (Mammalia, Chiroptera) no Parque Estadual Intervales, sudeste do Brasil, Revista Brasileira de Zoologia	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Carollia perspicillata	Freeman,P. W., 1998, Form, function, and evolution in skulls and teeth of bats,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Carollia perspicillata	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Carolla perspicillata	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon	Verified - Accepted
Carollia perspicillata	Passos,F. C., 2003, Frugivoria em morcegos (Mammalia, Chiroptera) no Parque Estadual Intervales, sudeste do Brasil, Revista Brasileira de Zoologia	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Carollia perspicillata	Stevens, R.D. and Amarilla-Stevens, H.N., 2021. Dietary patterns of phyllostomid bats in interior Atlantic Forest of eastern Paraguay. Journal of Mammalogy.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Carollia perspicillata	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
Carollia perspicillata	Gaudioso, P.J., Pérez, M.J., Gamboa Alurralde, S., Toledo, N. and Díaz, M.M., 2023. Exploration of the morphology and functional implications of the forelimb in bats (Mammalia, Chiroptera) from the Neotropical region. Zoomorphology, pp.1-17.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Carollia perspicillata	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
Carollia perspicillata	Herberstein, M.E., McLean, D.J., Lowe, E., Wolff, J.O., Khan, M.K., Smith, K., Allen, A.P., Bulbert, M., Buzatto, B.A., Eldridge, M.D. and Falster, D., 2022. AnimalTraits-a curated animal trait database for body mass, metabolic rate and brain size. Scientific Data, 9(1), p.265.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted

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