Saccopteryx leptura (bat)

Mass: 4.8 g based on Davis et al. 1964, Bernard 2001, Patterson et al. 1996, and Stephan et al. 1981

Diet: insectivore based on Patterson et al. 1996, Ochoa et al. 2000, Bernard 2002, Andrade et al. 2008, Kalko et al. 2008, and Freeman and Lemen 2010

Abundance: 0.09 to 2.19% (median 0.30%)

Latitudinal range: -23.1° to 10.4°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (3), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (3), tropical/subtropical savanna (1), tropical/subtropical wetland (1)

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Found in 8 samples

Brazil: Ilha da Marambaia, Area de Pesquisas Ecológicas do Guamá, Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project Reserves 1501 and 1401, Caju Private Natural Heritage Reserve

Colombia: Tinije

Guyana: Kurupukari

Peru: Reserva Nacional Allpahuayo-Mishana

Venezuela: Mayorica

Size measurements:
♀ body mass4.3 gN = 1Davis et al. 1964
♂ body mass4.3 gN = 1Davis et al. 1964
body mass6.0 gN = 1Bernard 2001
body mass5.1 gN = 1Patterson et al. 1996
body mass4.7 gN = 2Stephan et al. 1981

See also Saccopteryx, Saccopteryx bilineata, Saccopteryx canescens, Saccopteryx gymnura