Chiroderma villosum (bat)

Mass: 23.4 g based on Kalko et al. 1996, Davis et al. 1964, Carter et al. 1966, Gardner et al. 1970, Bernard 2001, Estrada et al. 1993, Lawlor 1973, Meyer et al. 2008, Patterson et al. 1996, and Vleut et al. 2015

Diet: frugivore based on Patterson et al. 1996, Bernard 2002, Giannini and Kalko 2004, 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, Ortêncio-Filho and Reis 2009, Freeman and Lemen 2010, de la Peña-Cuéllar et al. 2012, Shapiro and Bordignon 2014, and de la Peña-Cuéllar et al. 2015

Abundance: 0.03 to 4.46% (median 0.34%)

Latitudinal range: -23.9° to 20.5°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (8), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (15), tropical/subtropical savanna (3), tropical/subtropical wetland (1)

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Found in 27 samples

Bolivia: Beni Biological Station–Biosphere Reserve (savanna), Santuario de Vida Silvestre Cavernas de Repechón (cultivo)

Brazil: Ilha da Marambaia, Area de Pesquisas Ecológicas do Guamâ, Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project Reserves 1501 and 1401, Una (forests), Parque Estadual do Rio Doce (Campolina), Parque Estadual do Rio Doce (Campo de Pouso), Middle Säo Francisco River, Campo Grande parks, Fazenda Cauaia, Parque Estadual Vila Rica do EspĂ­rito Santo, Una (cabrucas), Ilhéus (cabrucas), Quinta da Boa Vista

Guyana: Burro-Burro River, Kurupukari

Mexico: Los Tuxtlas Biological Research Station (forest fragment bats), Biosphere Reserve Los Petenes (large forest islands), Lacanhâ (rain forest), Los Tuxtlas (forest, 1990 - 1992), Los Tuxtlas Biological Research Station (shaded plantation bats), Lacandona (riparian pasture)

Peru: Reserva Nacional Allpahuayo-Mishana, Mishana, Parque Nacional Cerros de Amotape

Trinidad and Tobago: Victoria-Mayaro Forest Reserve

Size measurements:
body mass22.1 gN = 44Kalko et al. 1996
♀ body mass24 gN = 12Davis et al. 1964
♂ body mass21 gN = 1Carter et al. 1966
♂ body mass23.3 gN = 1Gardner et al. 1970
body mass17.0 gN = 1Bernard 2001
body mass30 gN = 10Estrada et al. 1993
body mass22.9 gN = 4Lawlor 1973
body mass23 gN = 1Meyer et al. 2008
body mass25.4 gN = 1Patterson et al. 1996
body mass25.0 gN = 2Vleut et al. 2015

See also Chiroderma, Chiroderma doriae, Chiroderma salvini, Chiroderma trinitatum