Vampyressa pusilla (bat)

Mass: 9.0 g based on Peterson 1965, Gardner et al. 1970, Barquez et al. 1999, Cruz-Neto et al. 2001, Estrada et al. 1993, Meyer et al. 2008, Patterson et al. 1996, Stephan et al. 1981, and Vleut et al. 2015

Diet: frugivore based on Patterson et al. 1996, Giannini and Kalko 2004, Dumont and Nicolay 2006, Kalko et al. 2008, Moras et al. 2013, and Nobre et al. 2013

Abundance: 0.23 to 22.37% (median 1.03%)

Latitudinal range: -23.9° to 18.4°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (9), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (11)

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Found in 20 samples

Belize: Lamanai

Brazil: Ilha da Marambaia, Amanã Sustainable Development Reserve (terra firme high-water under-storey), Serra Negra (south slope), Serra Negra (north slope), Parque Estadual do Rio Doce (Campolina), Fazenda Cauaia, Parque Estadual Vila Rica do Espírito Santo, Colonia Juliano Moreira, Una (cabrucas), Arthur Thomas Park, Curió Municipal Natural Park

Guatemala: Tikal

Mexico: Los Tuxtlas Biological Research Station (forest fragment bats), Los Tuxtlas (forest, 1990 - 1992), Los Tuxtlas Biological Research Station (shaded plantation bats), Los Tuxtlas (cocoa plantation, 1990 - 1992), Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve (partially surrounded, rainforest)

Peru: Reserva Nacional Allpahuayo-Mishana, Mishana

Size measurements:
♀ body mass10.1 gN = 1Peterson 1965
♂ body mass8.8 gN = 1Gardner et al. 1970
body mass15.0 gN = 1Barquez et al. 1999
body mass8.8 gN = 3Cruz-Neto et al. 2001
body mass10 gN = 7Estrada et al. 1993
body mass7.9 gN = 1Meyer et al. 2008
body mass8.8 gN = 1Patterson et al. 1996
body mass8.5 gN = 3Stephan et al. 1981
body mass8.3 gN = 11Vleut et al. 2015

See also Vampyressa, Vampyressa thyone