Trachops cirrhosus (bat)

Mass: 31.4 g based on Carter et al. 1966, Bernard 2001, Meyer et al. 2008, Patterson et al. 1996, Santana and Dumont 2009, Schondube et al. 2001, and Studier et al. 1983

Diet: carnivore based on Van Cakenberghe et al. 2002, Andrade et al. 2008, Loayza and Loiselle 2009, da Cunha et al. 2011, de la Peña-Cuéllar et al. 2012, and de la Peña-Cuéllar et al. 2015; insectivore based on Bernard 2002, Dumont and Nicolay 2006, Kalko et al. 2008, and Klingbell and Willig 2009; insectivore-carnivore based on Patterson et al. 1996, Giannini and Kalko 2004, and Miranda et al. 2015

Abundance: 0.06 to 5.00% (median 0.89%)

Latitudinal range: -23.1° to 18.4°

Habitats: desert/xeric shrubland (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (11), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (16), tropical/subtropical savanna (6), tropical/subtropical wetland (1)

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Found in 35 samples

Belize: Lamanai

Bolivia: Espíritu, Beni Biological Station–Biosphere Reserve (continuous forest)

Brazil: Ilha da Marambaia, Area de Pesquisas Ecológicas do Guamâ, Alter do Chäo, Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project Reserves 1501 and 1401, Una (forests), Reserva Ecológica Carnijo, Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural Serra das Almas, Amanä Sustainable Development Reserve (terra firme high-water under-storey), Morro de Säo Joäo, Refùgio de Vida Silvestre Mata do Junco, Sonora, Una (cabrucas), Ilhéus (cabrucas), Private Natural Heritage Reserve Fazenda Almas, Curió Municipal Natural Park, Lake Uauaçu (terra firme, low-water), Médio Rio Teles Pires

Colombia: Chorrillo, Tinije

Guatemala: Tikal

Guyana: Burro-Burro River, Karisparu, Kurupukari

Mexico: Los Tuxtlas Biological Research Station (forest fragment bats), Lacandona (riparian mature), Parque Estatal La Sierra

Panama: Chucantí Nature Reserve (Waterfall), Chucantí Nature Reserve (Potrerito), Chucantí Nature Reserve (Camp Site)

Peru: Reserva Nacional Allpahuayo-Mishana, Cocha Paujil (mist nets)

Trinidad and Tobago: Victoria-Mayaro Forest Reserve

Size measurements:
♀ body mass29.0 gN = 1Carter et al. 1966
♀ body mass33.7 gN = 1Carter et al. 1966
♂ body mass24.2 gN = 1Carter et al. 1966
♂ body mass28.6 gN = 1Carter et al. 1966
♂ body mass31.2 gN = 1Carter et al. 1966
♂ body mass39.0 gN = 1Carter et al. 1966
body mass38.8 gN = 6Bernard 2001
body mass31.1 gN = 1Meyer et al. 2008
body mass36.5 gN = 1Patterson et al. 1996
body mass28.2 gN = 14Santana and Dumont 2009
body mass33.5 gN = 2Schondube et al. 2001
body mass32.7 gN = 4Studier et al. 1983

See also Trachops