MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Artibeus obscurus

Accepted taxon: Artibeus obscurus
Taxon:	Artibeus obscurus
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 obscurus diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 5, ASH (Ash contents) 2, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 37, CP (Crude Protein) 3, 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 Artibeus obscurus.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	93.68	Damuth, J…
Ficus	FRUIT	1.92	Pellón, J…
Coleoptera	WHOLE	1.65	Pellón, J…
Diptera	WHOLE	1.10	Pellón, J…
Piper	FRUIT	0.82	Pellón, J…
Cecropia	FRUIT	0.55	Pellón, J…
Arthropoda	WHOLE	0.27	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 Artibeus obscurus.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Frugivore-Granivore	Frugivore-Granivore	Cakenberg…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Frugivore	Frugivore	Cakenberg…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Volant	Volant	Paglia,A.…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Artibeus obscurus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	Brazil	g	-	-	-	-	28	33.5	39	-	Paglia,A.…
Body Mass (BM)	Amazonian Peru	g	-	-	-	-	-	36.2	-	-	Molinari,…
Body Mass (BM)	French Guiana	g	-	-	-	-	-	35.8	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	Amazonian Peru	mm	-	-	-	-	-	60.15	-	-	Molinari,…
Forearm Length (FA)	French Guiana	mm	-	-	-	-	-	61.65	-	-	Molinari,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Artibeus obscurus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Skull length	Amazonian Peru	mm	-	-	-	-	-	28	-	-	Molinari,…
Skull length	French Guiana	mm	-	-	-	-	-	28	-	-	Molinari,…
Basicranium width (mm)	nan	mm	3	3	-	-	14	15	15	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 Artibeus obscurus.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Artibeus obscurus	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 obscurus	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 obscurus	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 obscurus	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
Artibeus obscurus	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 obscurus	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
Artibeus obscurus	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 obscurus	López‐Aguirre, C., Ratcliffe, J.M. and Silcox, M.T., 2023. Interplay of diet and sympatry in the morphological evolution of noctilionoid bats. Journal of Biogeography.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Artibeus obscurus	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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