MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Sturnira tildae

Accepted taxon: Sturnira tildae
Taxon:	Sturnira tildae
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	CHIROPTERA \| Phyllostomidae \| Stenodermatinae \| Sturnirini \| Sturnira \| Sturnira
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 Sturnira tildae diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 9, ASH (Ash contents) 5, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 73, CP (Crude Protein) 10, EE (Ether Extract) 3. 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 Sturnira tildae.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Solanum	FRUIT	40.00	Passos,F.…
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	33.33	Damuth, J…
Magnoliopsida	NECTAR/JUICE	16.00	Damuth, J…
Solanum scuticum	FRUIT	8.00	Passos,F.…
Solanaceae	FRUIT	2.00	Pellón, J…
Arthropoda	WHOLE	0.67	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 Sturnira tildae.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Frugivore-Granivore	Frugivore-Granivore	– 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, Grossnickle, D., Sadier, A., Patterson, E., Cortés-Viruet, N., Jiménez-Rivera, S., Sears, K., Santana, S. 2024. The hierarchical radiation of phyllostomid bats as revealed by adaptive molar morphology. Current Biology. 34(6), pp.1284-1294.e3. Available at: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.02.027., Paglia,A. P., 2012, Lista Anotada dos Mamíferos do Brasil 2ª Edição Annotated Checklist of Brazilian Mammals 2nd Edition
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Frugivore	Frugivore	– 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, Grossnickle, D., Sadier, A., Patterson, E., Cortés-Viruet, N., Jiménez-Rivera, S., Sears, K., Santana, S. 2024. The hierarchical radiation of phyllostomid bats as revealed by adaptive molar morphology. Current Biology. 34(6), pp.1284-1294.e3. Available at: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.02.027., Paglia,A. P., 2012, Lista Anotada dos Mamíferos do Brasil 2ª Edição Annotated Checklist of Brazilian Mammals 2nd Edition
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Volant	Volant	– Paglia,A. P., 2012, Lista Anotada dos Mamíferos do Brasil 2ª Edição Annotated Checklist of Brazilian Mammals 2nd Edition

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Sturnira tildae.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	Trinidad	g	-	-	-	-	-	23.8	-	-	Molinari,…
Body Mass (BM)	French Guiana	g	-	-	-	-	-	22.4	-	-	Molinari,…
Body Mass (BM)	Brazil	g	-	-	-	-	21	25.5	30	-	Paglia,A.…
Forearm Length (FA)	Trinidad	mm	-	-	-	-	-	44.49	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	French Guiana	mm	-	-	-	-	-	46.25	-	-	Molinari,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Sturnira tildae.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Skull length	Trinidad	mm	-	-	-	-	-	24	-	-	Molinari,…
Skull length	French Guiana	mm	-	-	-	-	-	23	-	-	Molinari,…
BMR (kJ/h)	nan	kJ/h	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	McNab, B.…
Basicranium width (mm)	nan	mm	4	4	-	-	13	13	14	0	Grossnick…

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

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Sturnira tildae.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Sturnira tildae	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
Sturnira tildae	Cruz-Neto,A. P., 2001, Diet, phylogeny, and basal metabolic rate in phyllostomid bats, Zoology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Sturnira tildae	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
Sturnira tildae	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
Sturnira tildae	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
Sturnira tildae	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
Sturnira tildae	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
Sturnira tildae	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
Sturnira tildae	DeMers, A.C., 2023. Functional Significance of the Mandible, Tooth Roots, and Tooth Crowns, and their Implications for Fossil Dietary Inference (Doctoral dissertation, The Ohio State University).	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Sturnira tildae	McNab, B.K., 2008. An analysis of the factors that influence the level and scaling of mammalian BMR. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 151(1), pp.5-28.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Sturnira tildae	Grossnickle, D.M., Sadier, A., Patterson, E., Cortés-Viruet, N.N., Jiménez-Rivera, S.M., Sears, K.E. and Santana, S.E., 2024. The hierarchical radiation of phyllostomid bats as revealed by adaptive molar morphology. Current Biology.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted

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