Mass: 372 g based on Medellín et al. 1992, Moraes Jr 2004, da Fonseca and Kierulff 1988, Câceres 2005, Delciellos and Vieira 2009, Delciellos and Viera 2007, Díaz 2014, Julien-Laferrière 1991, and Richard-Hansen et al. 1999

Diet: insectivore-frugivore based on Lessa and da Costa 2010

Abundance: 0.37 to 11.46% (median 2.39%)

Latitudinal range: -24.5° to 13.7°

Habitats: (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (7), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (10)

Found in 18 samples

Bolivia: El Refugio Huanchaca Biological Station, Los Fierros Camp (LFF)

Brazil: Pinkaití Research Station (ground), Fazenda Montes Claros (primary), Fazenda Montes Claros (secondary), Alta Floresta (Sherman traps), Fazenda Santa Fé, PPBio-Amazônia (100 L buckets, I-shaped arrays), Saibadela, Reserva Natural Vale (year 2), Reserva Ecológica Michelin (floresta), Abismo Iguatemi

French Guiana: Domaine Experimental Paracou (station 5)

Nicaragua: Siuna (mammals, primary forest)

Peru: Reserva Cuzco Amazónico (1989 snap traps), Iquitos–Nauta Highway, Reserva Nacional Allpahuayo-Mishana (Tomahawk traps), Reserva Nacional Allpahuayo-Mishana (Victor traps)

♀ body mass	300 g	N = 1	Medellín et al. 1992
♀ body mass	300 g	N = 1	Medellín et al. 1992
♀ body mass	243 g	N = 1	Moraes Jr 2004
♀ body mass	280.8 g	N = 33	da Fonseca and Kierulff 1988
♂ body mass	352.7 g	N = 51	da Fonseca and Kierulff 1988
body mass	290 g	N = 5	Câceres 2005
body mass	415.0 g	N = 10	Delciellos and Vieira 2009
body mass	332.8 g	N = 11	Delciellos and Viera 2007
body mass	353.1 g	N = 17	Díaz 2014
body mass	360 g	N = 1	Julien-Laferrière 1991
body mass	460 g	N = 71	Richard-Hansen et al. 1999
♀ condylobasal length	56 mm	N = 1	Thomas 1923
♂ condylobasal length	50 mm	N = 1	Thomas 1923
♀ ear length	38 mm	N = 1	Allen 1901
♀ ear length	38 mm	N = 1	Allen 1901
♀ ear length	39 mm	N = 1	Allen 1901
♀ ear length	38 mm	N = 1	Allen 1901
♀ ear length	32 mm	N = 1	Medellín et al. 1992
♀ ear length	33 mm	N = 1	Medellín et al. 1992
♀ ear length	37 mm	N = 1	Thomas 1923
♀ ear length	36.5 mm	N = 32	da Fonseca and Kierulff 1988
♂ ear length	38 mm	N = 1	Allen 1901
♂ ear length	38.5 mm	N = 1	Allen 1901
♂ ear length	29 mm	N = 1	Thomas 1923
♂ ear length	37.4 mm	N = 50	da Fonseca and Kierulff 1988
ear length	35 mm	N = 71	Richard-Hansen et al. 1999
♀ head and body length	225 mm	N = 1	Allen 1901
♀ head and body length	225 mm	N = 1	Allen 1901
♀ head and body length	240 mm	N = 1	Allen 1901
♀ head and body length	238 mm	N = 1	Allen 1901
♀ head and body length	255 mm	N = 1	Thomas 1923
♀ head and body length	232.1 mm	N = 32	da Fonseca and Kierulff 1988
♂ head and body length	240 mm	N = 1	Allen 1901
♂ head and body length	243 mm	N = 1	Allen 1901
♂ head and body length	238 mm	N = 1	Thomas 1923
♂ head and body length	240 mm	N = 1	Thomas 1923
♂ head and body length	252.0 mm	N = 51	da Fonseca and Kierulff 1988
head and body length	275 mm	N = 71	Richard-Hansen et al. 1999
♀ hind foot length	40 mm	N = 1	Allen 1901
♀ hind foot length	40 mm	N = 1	Allen 1901
♀ hind foot length	41 mm	N = 1	Allen 1901
♀ hind foot length	42 mm	N = 1	Allen 1901
♀ hind foot length	45 mm	N = 1	Medellín et al. 1992
♀ hind foot length	47 mm	N = 1	Medellín et al. 1992
♀ hind foot length	40 mm	N = 1	Thomas 1923
♀ hind foot length	42.3 mm	N = 32	da Fonseca and Kierulff 1988
♂ hind foot length	43 mm	N = 1	Allen 1901
♂ hind foot length	42 mm	N = 1	Allen 1901
♂ hind foot length	39 mm	N = 1	Thomas 1923
♂ hind foot length	38 mm	N = 1	Thomas 1923
♂ hind foot length	44.9 mm	N = 51	da Fonseca and Kierulff 1988
hind foot length	46 mm	N = 71	Richard-Hansen et al. 1999
♀ skull length	54 mm	N = 1	Allen 1901
♀ skull length	55 mm	N = 1	Allen 1901
♀ skull width	28 mm	N = 1	Allen 1901
♀ skull width	28 mm	N = 1	Allen 1901
♀ tail length	273 mm	N = 1	Allen 1901
♀ tail length	273 mm	N = 1	Allen 1901
♀ tail length	290 mm	N = 1	Allen 1901
♀ tail length	300 mm	N = 1	Allen 1901
♀ tail length	329 mm	N = 1	Medellín et al. 1992
♀ tail length	335 mm	N = 1	Medellín et al. 1992
♀ tail length	315 mm	N = 1	Thomas 1923
♀ tail length	315.9 mm	N = 31	da Fonseca and Kierulff 1988
♂ tail length	298 mm	N = 1	Allen 1901
♂ tail length	308 mm	N = 1	Allen 1901
♂ tail length	259 mm	N = 1	Thomas 1923
♂ tail length	260 mm	N = 1	Thomas 1923
♂ tail length	324.1 mm	N = 51	da Fonseca and Kierulff 1988
tail length	345 mm	N = 71	Richard-Hansen et al. 1999
♀ total body length	498 mm	N = 1	Allen 1901
♀ total body length	550 mm	N = 1	Medellín et al. 1992
♀ upper tooth row length	19.5 mm	N = 1	Allen 1901
♀ upper tooth row length	20 mm	N = 1	Allen 1901

See also Metachirus