Glyphonycteris sylvestris (bat)
Variant names: Micronycteris sylvestris

Mass: 11.0 g based on Bernard 2001

Diet: insectivore based on Bernard 2002, Klingbell and Willig 2009, and de la Peña-Cuéllar et al. 2012; insectivore-carnivore based on Miranda et al. 2015

Abundance: 0.10 to 0.56% (median 0.25%)

Latitudinal range: -11.0° to 18.4°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (2), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (4)

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Found in 6 samples

Brazil: Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project Reserves 1501 and 1401, Amanä Sustainable Development Reserve (terra firme high-water under-storey), Médio Rio Teles Pires

Guyana: Burro-Burro River

Mexico: Los Tuxtlas Biological Research Station (forest fragment bats)

Venezuela: Mayorica

Size measurements:
♂ ear length17 mmN = 1Thomas 1896
♂ forearm length40 mmN = 1Thomas 1896
♂ head and body length50 mmN = 1Thomas 1896
♂ hind foot length10.6 mmN = 1Thomas 1896
♂ skull length19.6 mmN = 1Thomas 1896
♂ skull width9.6 mmN = 1Thomas 1896
♂ upper tooth row length8 mmN = 1Thomas 1896
body mass11.0 gN = 1Bernard 2001
♀ ear length23 mmN = 1Sânchez-Hernândez et al. 1999
♀ forearm length43.9 mmN = 1Sânchez-Hernândez et al. 1999
♀ hind foot length9 mmN = 1Sânchez-Hernândez et al. 1999
♀ tail length7 mmN = 1Sânchez-Hernândez et al. 1999
♀ total body length63 mmN = 1Sânchez-Hernândez et al. 1999

See also Glyphonycteris, Glyphonycteris behnii, Glyphonycteris daviesi