Vampyrum spectrum (bat)

Mass: 169 g based on Díaz 2011, Estrada et al. 1993, Patterson et al. 1996, and Studier et al. 1983

Diet: carnivore based on Van Cakenberghe et al. 2002, Aguirre et al. 2003, and de la Peña-Cuéllar et al. 2012; insectivore based on Dumont and Nicolay 2006, Kalko et al. 2008, and Klingbell and Willig 2009; insectivore-carnivore based on Patterson et al. 1996

Abundance: 0.10 to 1.67% (median 0.18%)

Latitudinal range: -14.1° to 18.4°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (2), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (4), tropical/subtropical savanna (1), tropical/subtropical wetland (1)

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Found in 8 samples

Bolivia: Espíritu

Brazil: Area de Pesquisas Ecológicas do Guamá, Alter do Chão, Amanã Sustainable Development Reserve (terra firme high-water under-storey)

Guyana: Burro-Burro River

Mexico: Los Tuxtlas Biological Research Station (forest fragment bats), Los Tuxtlas Biological Research Station (shaded plantation bats)

Peru: Parque Nacional Cerros de Amotape

Size measurements:
body mass158 gN = 1Díaz 2011
body mass182 gN = 1Díaz 2011
body mass170 gN = 3Estrada et al. 1993
body mass166 gN = 1Patterson et al. 1996
body mass169.4 gN = 5Studier et al. 1983

See also Vampyrum