Micronycteris minuta (bat)

Mass: 7.4 g based on Valdez and LaVal 1971, Bowles et al. 1979, Aguirre et al. 2002, Mena 2010, and Patterson et al. 1996

Diet: insectivore based on Aguirre et al. 2003, Klingbell and Willig 2009, and Freeman and Lemen 2010; insectivore-carnivore based on Patterson et al. 1996; omnivore based on Nobre et al. 2013

Abundance: 0.05 to 3.23% (median 0.32%)

Latitudinal range: -22.6° to 4.7°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (3), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (6), tropical/subtropical savanna (3), tropical/subtropical wetland (1)

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Found in 13 samples

Bolivia: EspĂ­ritu, Santuario de Vida Silvestre Cavernas de Repechón (cultivo)

Brazil: Pousada das Araras, Area de Pesquisas Ecológicas do Guamâ, Alter do Chäo, Serra Negra (south slope), Morro de Säo Joäo

Guyana: Burro-Burro River, Kurupukari

Peru: Reserva Nacional Allpahuayo-Mishana, Valle de Pozuzo, Parque Nacional Cerros de Amotape, Refugio Juliaca (mist nets)

Size measurements:
♀ body mass7.1 gN = 1Valdez and LaVal 1971
♂ body mass6.5 gN = 1Bowles et al. 1979
body mass7.58 gN = 5Aguirre et al. 2002
body mass7 gN = 2Mena 2010
body mass8.5 gN = 1Patterson et al. 1996

See also Micronycteris, Micronycteris hirsuta, Micronycteris megalotis, Micronycteris microtis, Micronycteris nicefori, Micronycteris sanborni, Micronycteris schmidtorum, Micronycteris sp.