Artibeus phaeotis (bat)

Mass: 13.1 g based on Kalko et al. 1996, Estrada et al. 1993, Meyer et al. 2008, Santana and Dumont 2009, Studier et al. 1983, Vleut et al. 2015, and ter Hofstede and Fenton 2005

Diet: frugivore based on Giannini and Kalko 2004, Dumont and Nicolay 2006, Castro-Luna et al. 2007, Kalko et al. 2008, de la Peña-Cuéllar et al. 2012, García-García et al. 2014, Preciado-Benítez et al. 2015, and de la Peña-Cuéllar et al. 2015

Abundance: 0.24 to 44.74% (median 4.66%)

Latitudinal range: 3.9° to 20.5°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (9), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (18)

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Found in 27 samples

Belize: Lamanai

Colombia: La Reserva Natural La Montaña del Ocaso, Veraguas, Isla Palma

Costa Rica: Rincón de Osa

Guatemala: Tikal

Mexico: Los Tuxtlas Biological Research Station (forest fragment bats), Biosphere Reserve Los Petenes (large forest islands), Lacanhâ (rain forest), Northern Colima, Los Tuxtlas (forest, 1990 - 1992), Chamela Biosphere Reserve (dry forest), Chamela Biosphere Reserve (semi-dry forest), Cerro Tolistoque, Los Tuxtlas Biological Research Station (shaded plantation bats), Lacanhâ (Ochroma pyramidale managed forest), Lacanhâ (secondary forest), Los Tuxtlas (cocoa plantation, 1990 - 1992), Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve (partially surrounded, secondary forest), Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve (partially surrounded, rainforest), San Gabriel Mixtepec, Lacandona (riparian mature), Lacandona (riparian pasture), Comalcalco, El Chorro (mist nets), Carrizal Viejo (mist nets), Parque Estatal La Sierra

Size measurements:
body mass13.0 gN = 62Kalko et al. 1996
body mass13 gN = 240Estrada et al. 1993
body mass13.2 gN = 1Meyer et al. 2008
body mass14.4 gN = 5Santana and Dumont 2009
body mass13.6 gN = 3Studier et al. 1983
body mass13.1 gN = 99Vleut et al. 2015
body mass13.7 gN = 58ter Hofstede and Fenton 2005

See also Artibeus, Artibeus anderseni, Artibeus aztecus, Artibeus bogotensis, Artibeus cinereus, Artibeus concolor, Artibeus fimbriatus, Artibeus fraterculus, Artibeus glaucus, Artibeus gnomus, Artibeus hirsutus, Artibeus intermedius, Artibeus jamaicensis, Artibeus lituratus, Artibeus obscurus, Artibeus planirostris, Artibeus ravus, Artibeus rosenbergi, Artibeus spp., Artibeus toltecus, Artibeus watsoni