Lophostoma brasiliense (bat)
Variant names: Tonatia brasiliense

Mass: 10.4 g based on Patterson et al. 1996, Santana and Dumont 2009, Bernard 2001, and Schondube et al. 2001

Diet: insectivore based on Bernard 2002, Castro-Luna et al. 2007, Kalko et al. 2008, Klingbell and Willig 2009, de la Peña-Cuéllar et al. 2012, and Van Cakenberghe et al. 2002; insectivore-carnivore based on Patterson et al. 1996 and Miranda et al. 2015

Abundance: 0.05 to 1.57% (median 0.34%)

Latitudinal range: -18.4° to 18.4°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (6), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (9), tropical/subtropical savanna (3), tropical/subtropical wetland (1)

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Found in 19 samples

Bolivia: Beni Biological Station–Biosphere Reserve (forest islands)

Brazil: Pousada das Araras, Area de Pesquisas Ecológicas do Guamâ, Alter do Chäo, Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project Reserves 1501 and 1401, Una (forests), Reserva Ecológica Carnijo, Bragança, Augusto Correa, Barreirinhas, Una (cabrucas), Médio Rio Teles Pires, Caju Private Natural Heritage Reserve

Colombia: Tinije

Guyana: Burro-Burro River

Mexico: Los Tuxtlas Biological Research Station (forest fragment bats), Parque Estatal La Sierra

Peru: Reserva Nacional Allpahuayo-Mishana

Venezuela: Mayorica

Size measurements:
body mass12 gN = 1Patterson et al. 1996
body mass9.8 gN = 4Santana and Dumont 2009
body mass8.0 gN = 1Bernard 2001
body mass11.83 gN = 3Schondube et al. 2001

See also Lophostoma, Lophostoma carrikeri, Lophostoma evotis, Lophostoma silvicolum