MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Artibeus jamaicensis

Accepted taxon: Artibeus jamaicensis
Taxon:	Artibeus jamaicensis
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	CHIROPTERA \| Phyllostomidae \| Stenodermatinae \| Stenodermatini \| Artibeus \| Artibeus
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 Artibeus jamaicensis diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 12, ASH (Ash contents) 5, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 73, CP (Crude Protein) 7, EE (Ether Extract) 4. 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 Artibeus jamaicensis.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	36.67	Damuth, J…
Ficus	FRUIT	33.33	Grzimek,B…
Cecropia	FRUIT	20.00	Passos,F.…
Magnoliopsida	FLOWER	6.67	Grzimek,B…
Magnoliopsida	LEAF	3.33	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 Artibeus jamaicensis.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Frugivore-Granivore	Frugivore-Granivore,Frugivore-Herbivore	Arriaga-F…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Frugivore	Animalivore,Frugivore	Arriaga-F…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Volant	Volant	Brian K. …
Temporal habits	nocturnal	nocturnal	Rodrigo A…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Artibeus jamaicensis.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	Central America	g	-	-	-	-	-	54.9	-	-	Robert M.…
Body Mass (BM)	La Peregrina Canyon, Tamaulipas, Mexico	g	8	8	-	-	-	60.7	-	-	Arriaga-F…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Artibeus jamaicensis.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Skull length	Cayman Islands	mm	-	-	-	-	-	24	-	-	Molinari,…
Skull length	Cuba	mm	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	Molinari,…
Skull length	Great Inagua	mm	-	-	-	-	-	24	-	-	Molinari,…
Skull length	Hispaniola	mm	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	Molinari,…
Skull length	Isla Juventud	mm	-	-	-	-	-	24	-	-	Molinari,…
Skull length	Jamaica	mm	-	-	-	-	-	26	-	-	Molinari,…
Skull length	Belize	mm	-	-	-	-	-	28	-	-	Molinari,…

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

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Artibeus jamaicensis.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Artibeus jamaicensis	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
Artibeus jamaicensis	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
Artibeus jamaicensis	McNab,B. K., 1986, The influence of food habits on the energetics of eutherian mammals, Ecological Monographs	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Artibeus jamaicensis	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
Artibeus jamaicensis	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
Artibeus jamaiscensis	Cruz-Neto,A. P., 2001, Diet, phylogeny, and basal metabolic rate in phyllostomid bats, Zoology	51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon	Verified - Accepted
Artibeus jamaicensis	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
Artibeus jamaicensis	MedellÃƒÂn,R. A., 1994, Mammal diversity and conservation in the Selva Lacandona, Chiapas, Mexico, Conservation Biology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Artibeus jamaicensis	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
Artibeus jamaicensis	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
Artibeus jamaicensis	Freeman,P. W., 1998, Form, function, and evolution in skulls and teeth of bats,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Artibeus jamaicensis	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Artibeus jamaicensis	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
Artibeus jamaicensis	Arriaga-Flores, J.C., Castro-Arellano, I., Moreno-Valdez, A. and Correa-Sandoval, A., 2012. Temporal niche overlap of a riparian forest bat assemblage in subtropical Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Mastozoología (Nueva Época), 2(1), pp.3-17.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Artibeus jamaicensis	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
Artibeus jamaicensis	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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