Lophostoma silvicolum (bat)

Mass: 29.4 g based on Mena 2010, Meyer et al. 2008, Patterson et al. 1996, and Santana and Dumont 2009

Diet: insectivore based on Bernard 2002, Kalko et al. 2008, Klingbell and Willig 2009, and Loayza and Loiselle 2009; insectivore-carnivore based on Patterson et al. 1996

Abundance: 0.08 to 5.75% (median 0.99%)

Latitudinal range: -17.1° to 10.4°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (9), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (14), tropical/subtropical savanna (4), tropical/subtropical wetland (1)

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Found in 28 samples

Bolivia: Espíritu, Beni Biological Station–Biosphere Reserve (forest islands), Beni Biological Station–Biosphere Reserve (continuous forest), Santuario de Vida Silvestre Cavernas de Repechón (cultivo), Santuario de Vida Silvestre Cavernas de Repechón (barbecho), Santuario de Vida Silvestre Cavernas de Repechón (bosque joven), Santuario de Vida Silvestre Cavernas de Repechón (bosque maduro)

Brazil: Area de Pesquisas Ecológicas do Guamâ, Alter do Chäo, Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project Reserves 1501 and 1401, Una (forests), Reserva Ecológica Carnijo, Amanä Sustainable Development Reserve (terra firme high-water under-storey), Augusto Correa, Nova Xavantina (site 1, rainy season), Barreirinhas, Una (cabrucas), Lake Uauaçu (terra firme, low-water)

Colombia: Chorrillo, Tinije, Reserva Forestal Protectora Serranía de Coraza

Guyana: Burro-Burro River, Kurupukari

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

Venezuela: Mayorica, Parque Recreacional Leonor Bernabó

Size measurements:
body mass32.5 gN = 4Mena 2010
body mass31.5 gN = 1Meyer et al. 2008
body mass27.9 gN = 1Patterson et al. 1996
body mass28.1 gN = 9Santana and Dumont 2009
condylobasal length24.7 mmN = 1Thomas 1910
ear length30 mmN = 1Thomas 1910
forearm length56 mmN = 1Thomas 1910
skull length28.3 mmN = 1Thomas 1910
skull width14.7 mmN = 1Thomas 1910
upper tooth row length10.5 mmN = 1Thomas 1910

See also Lophostoma, Lophostoma brasiliense, Lophostoma carrikeri, Lophostoma evotis