Glossophaga soricina (bat)

Mass: 10.5 g based on Gonzalez-Terrazas et al. 2012, Lukens Jr and Davis 1957, Aguirre et al. 2002, Barquez et al. 1999, Bernard 2001, Estrada et al. 1993, Lawlor 1973, López Gonzâlez and García Mendoza 2006, Meyer et al. 2008, Motta Junior and Taddei 1992, Patterson et al. 1996, Santana and Dumont 2009, Studier et al. 1983, Vleut et al. 2015, da Rocha et al. 2015, and ter Hofstede and Fenton 2005

Diet: frugivore based on Willig et al. 1993 and Shapiro and Bordignon 2014; frugivore-insectivore based on Arteaga and Moya 2002; frugivore-nectarivore based on Giannini and Kalko 2004; nectarivore based on Patterson et al. 1996, Cruz-Neto et al. 2001, Van Cakenberghe et al. 2002, Aguirre et al. 2003, Dumont and Nicolay 2006, Castro-Luna et al. 2007, Andrade et al. 2008, Kalko et al. 2008, Klingbell and Willig 2009, Loayza and Loiselle 2009, Freeman and Lemen 2010, da Cunha et al. 2011, Gonzalez-Terrazas et al. 2012, de la Peña-Cuéllar et al. 2012, García-García et al. 2014, Miranda et al. 2015, and de la Peña-Cuéllar et al. 2015; omnivore based on Bernard 2002

Abundance: 0.06 to 34.39% (median 3.70%)

Latitudinal range: -30.3° to 21.4°

Habitats: desert/xeric shrubland (3), tropical/subtropical coniferous forest (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (45), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (38), tropical/subtropical savanna (17), tropical/subtropical wetland (1)

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Found in 105 samples

Belize: Lamanai

Bolivia: Espíritu, Estación Biológica Tunquini, Beni Biological Station–Biosphere Reserve (savanna), Beni Biological Station–Biosphere Reserve (forest islands), Beni Biological Station–Biosphere Reserve (continuous forest), Santuario de Vida Silvestre Cavernas de Repechón (cultivo), Santuario de Vida Silvestre Cavernas de Repechón (bosque joven), El Porvenir (bats)

Brazil: Pousada das Araras, Panga Ecological Reserve, Ilha da Marambaia, Area de Pesquisas Ecológicas do Guamá, Alter do Chão, Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project Reserves 1501 and 1401, Una (forests), Morro do Elefante (understory), Reserva Ecológica Carnijo, Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural Serra das Almas, Amanã Sustainable Development Reserve (terra firme high-water under-storey), São Paulo, Bragança, Augusto Correa, Viseu, Parque Estadual do Rio Doce (Campolina), Parque Estadual do Rio Doce (Vinhático), Parque Estadual do Rio Doce (Campo de Pouso), Nova Xavantina (site 1, rainy season), Morro de São João, Refúgio de Vida Silvestre Mata do Junco, Middle São Francisco River, Praia das Neves, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Campo Grande parks, Sonora, Barreirinhas, Campo Verde, Fazenda Cauaia, Colonia Juliano Moreira, Una (cabrucas), Ilhéus (cabrucas), Nova Xavantina (site 4, rainy season), Estação Ecológica de Fechos, Private Natural Heritage Reserve Fazenda Almas, Curió Municipal Natural Park, Quinta da Boa Vista, Médio Rio Teles Pires, Serra da Guia, Morro do Coco, Caju Private Natural Heritage Reserve

Colombia: Montería, La Reserva Natural La Montaña del Ocaso, Veraguas, Isla Palma, Santuario de Fauna y Flora Otún Quimbaya, Chorrillo, Tinije, Reserva Forestal Protectora Serranía de Coraza

Costa Rica: Cañas, Rincón de Osa

Guatemala: Tikal

Guyana: Burro-Burro River, Karisparu, Kurupukari

Mexico: Los Tuxtlas Biological Research Station (forest fragment bats), Biosphere Reserve Los Petenes (large forest islands), Lacanhá (rain forest), Northern Colima, Los Tuxtlas (forest, 1990 - 1992), Chamela Biosphere Reserve (dry forest), Chamela Biosphere Reserve (semi-dry forest), Country Club Campestre, Colegio Peninsular, La Casa, Cerro Tolistoque, Huamuchil (bats), Los Tuxtlas Biological Research Station (shaded plantation bats), Lacanhá (Ochroma pyramidale managed forest), Lacanhá (secondary forest), Los Tuxtlas (cocoa plantation, 1990 - 1992), Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve (partially surrounded, secondary forest), Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve (partially surrounded, rainforest), Misantla (bats, dry season), Lacandona (riparian mature), Lacandona (riparian pasture), Comalcalco, El Chorro (mist nets), Carrizal Viejo (mist nets), Parque Estatal La Sierra, San Luis de la Paz, Hacienda X-Conca

Paraguay: Estancia Sombrero

Peru: Reserva Nacional Allpahuayo-Mishana, Santa Marta, Truenococha, Mishana, Parque Nacional Cerros de Amotape, Aguas Claras Camp (mist nets), Cocha Paujil (mist nets), Refugio Juliaca (mist nets)

Trinidad and Tobago: Victoria-Mayaro Forest Reserve

Venezuela: Negra Hipólita, Monumento Natural Pico Codazzi (nivel bajo), Mayorica, Parque Recreacional Leonor Bernabó

Size measurements:
body mass10.75 gN = 733Gonzalez-Terrazas et al. 2012
♀ body mass8.8 gN = 9Lukens Jr and Davis 1957
♂ body mass9.3 gN = 14Lukens Jr and Davis 1957
body mass9.52 gN = 6Aguirre et al. 2002
body mass10.3 gN = 3Barquez et al. 1999
body mass9.0 gN = 1Bernard 2001
body mass11 gN = 80Estrada et al. 1993
body mass10.6 gN = 6Lawlor 1973
body mass9.7 gN = 25López Gonzâlez and García Mendoza 2006
body mass10.3 gN = 1Meyer et al. 2008
body mass8.2 gN = 1Motta Junior and Taddei 1992
body mass12.0 gN = 1Motta Junior and Taddei 1992
body mass8.7 gN = 1Patterson et al. 1996
body mass9.3 gN = 6Santana and Dumont 2009
body mass8.8 gN = 6Studier et al. 1983
body mass10.3 gN = 123Vleut et al. 2015
body mass9.6 gN = 54da Rocha et al. 2015
body mass10.1 gN = 65ter Hofstede and Fenton 2005

See also Glossophaga, Glossophaga commissarisi, Glossophaga leachii, Glossophaga longirostris, Glossophaga morenoi