Saccopteryx canescens (bat)

Mass: 4.7 g based on Bernard 2001 and Stephan et al. 1981

Diet: insectivore based on Ochoa et al. 2000 and Bernard 2002

Abundance: 0.11 to 1.46% (median 0.48%)

Latitudinal range: -2.4° to 10.2°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (2), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (2), tropical/subtropical wetland (1)

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Found in 5 samples

Brazil: Area de Pesquisas Ecológicas do Guamâ, Alter do Chäo, Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project Reserves 1501 and 1401

Guyana: Kurupukari

Venezuela: Negra Hipólita

Size measurements:
body mass5.0 gN = 5Bernard 2001
body mass3.4 gN = 1Stephan et al. 1981
♂ condylobasal length11.3 mmN = 1Thomas 1914
♂ forearm length37.5 mmN = 1Thomas 1914
♂ skull length13.7 mmN = 1Thomas 1914
♂ skull width7.7 mmN = 1Thomas 1914
♂ upper tooth row length4.7 mmN = 1Thomas 1914

See also Saccopteryx, Saccopteryx bilineata, Saccopteryx gymnura, Saccopteryx leptura