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Size measurements: Artibeus jamaicensis (body mass 45 g), Brachyphylla cavernarum (body mass 46.3 g), Eidolon helvum (body mass 274 g), Eptesicus nilssoni (body mass 9.2 g), Erophylla bombifrons (body mass 16.7 g), Lavia frons (body mass 25.4 g), Miniopterus australis (body mass 9.0 g), Monophyllus redmani (body mass 8.2 g), Mormoops blainvilli (body mass 10.0 g), Myotis daubentoni (body mass 7.0 g), Noctilio leporinus (body mass 54.0 g), Nyctalus noctula (body mass 26.5 g), Nyctimene robinsoni (body mass 43.5 g), Nyctophilus bifax (body mass 9.4 g), Otomops martiensseni (body mass 35.5 g), Pipistrellus pygmaeus (body mass 5.2 g), Plecotus auritus (body mass 9.0 g), Pteronotus parnelli (body mass 10.8 g), Pteropus samoensis (body mass 375 g), Pteropus tonganus (body mass 518 g), Rhinolophus fumigatus (body mass 12.9 g), Rhinolophus megaphyllus (body mass 8.6 g), Rousettus aegyptiacus (body mass 140 g), Syconycteris australis (body mass 14.5 g), Tadarida brasiliensis (body mass 12.5 g), Tadarida pumila (body mass 10.5 g), Taphozous australis (body mass 23.9 g)