Noctilio leporinus (bat)

Mass: 63.3 g based on Davis et al. 1964, Fenton et al. 2001, Aguirre et al. 2002, Lawlor 1973, Lindhe Norberg and Norberg 2012, and Patterson et al. 1996

Diet: carnivore based on Van Cakenberghe et al. 2002; insectivore based on Ochoa et al. 2000, Dumont and Nicolay 2006, Kalko et al. 2008, and Freeman and Lemen 2010; insectivore-piscivore based on Patterson et al. 1996; piscivore based on Aguirre et al. 2003, Andrade et al. 2008, and Shapiro and Bordignon 2014; piscivore-insectivore based on Hooper and Brown 1968

Abundance: 0.10 to 16.11% (median 1.01%)

Latitudinal range: -23.5° to 20.5°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (13), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (3), tropical/subtropical savanna (3)

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Found in 19 samples

Belize: Lamanai

Bolivia: Espíritu

Brazil: Ilha da Marambaia, Morro de São João, Praia das Neves, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Parque Municipal do Ingá, Colonia Juliano Moreira, Quinta da Boa Vista, Caju Private Natural Heritage Reserve

Colombia: Isla Palma, Tinije

Costa Rica: Cañas, Rincón de Osa

Mexico: Los Tuxtlas Biological Research Station (forest fragment bats), Biosphere Reserve Los Petenes (large forest islands)

Paraguay: Base Naval Pedro P. Pena, Estancia Samaklay

Peru: Parque Nacional Cerros de Amotape

Size measurements:
♀ body mass60 gN = 1Davis et al. 1964
♀ body mass77 gN = 1Davis et al. 1964
♂ body mass77 gN = 1Davis et al. 1964
♂ body mass82 gN = 1Davis et al. 1964
♂ body mass62 gN = 1Fenton et al. 2001
body mass62.58 gN = 27Aguirre et al. 2002
body mass59.0 gN = 1Lawlor 1973
body mass54.0 gN = 1Lindhe Norberg and Norberg 2012
body mass61.8 gN = 1Patterson et al. 1996

See also Noctilio, Noctilio albiventris, Noctilio labialis