Chrotopterus auritus (bat)

Mass: 76.6 g based on Bowles et al. 1979, Barquez et al. 1999, Bernard 2001, Lawlor 1973, Mena 2010, Patterson et al. 1996, and Schondube et al. 2001

Diet: carnivore based on Van Cakenberghe et al. 2002, Castro-Luna et al. 2007, Andrade et al. 2008, Ortêncio-Filho and Reis 2009, da Cunha et al. 2011, de la Peña-Cuéllar et al. 2012, Moras et al. 2013, and Nobre et al. 2013; frugivore-insectivore based on Giannini and Kalko 2004; insectivore based on Dumont and Nicolay 2006 and Klingbell and Willig 2009; insectivore-carnivore based on Patterson et al. 1996 and Miranda et al. 2015; omnivore based on Bernard 2002

Abundance: 0.05 to 3.31% (median 0.47%)

Latitudinal range: -23.1° to 18.4°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (10), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (11), tropical/subtropical savanna (5), tropical/subtropical wetland (1)

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Found in 27 samples

Bolivia: EspĂ­ritu

Brazil: Pousada das Araras, Panga Ecological Reserve, Area de Pesquisas Ecológicas do Guamâ, Alter do Chäo, Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project Reserves 1501 and 1401, Una (forests), Amanä Sustainable Development Reserve (terra firme high-water under-storey), Serra Negra (south slope), Serra Negra (north slope), Middle Säo Francisco River, Sonora, Campo Verde, Mata Godoy, Fazenda Congonhas (native woodland), Fazenda Congonhas (reforested area), Una (cabrucas), Curió Municipal Natural Park, Médio Rio Teles Pires

Guatemala: Tikal

Guyana: Burro-Burro River, Kurupukari

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

Peru: Reserva Nacional Allpahuayo-Mishana, Valle de Pozuzo

Venezuela: Monumento Natural Pico Codazzi (nivel alto), Mayorica

Size measurements:
♀ body mass89.0 gN = 1Bowles et al. 1979
♂ body mass75 gN = 1Bowles et al. 1979
♂ body mass77 gN = 1Bowles et al. 1979
body mass80.0 gN = 1Barquez et al. 1999
body mass90.0 gN = 1Barquez et al. 1999
body mass65.0 gN = 2Bernard 2001
body mass80.9 gN = 1Lawlor 1973
body mass71 gN = 1Mena 2010
body mass84.4 gN = 1Patterson et al. 1996
body mass70 gN = 1Schondube et al. 2001
♂ forearm length82 mmN = 1Thomas 1905
♂ forearm length83 mmN = 1Thomas 1905

See also Chrotopterus