Phyllostomidae Gray, 1825

Velazco, Paúl M. & Patterson, Bruce D., 2019, Small Mammals Of The Mayo River Basin In Northern Peru, With The Description Of A New Species Of Sturnira (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2019 (429), pp. 1-69 : 10-11

Family Phyllostomidae Gray, 1825

The Neotropical family Phyllostomidae is the most ecologically diverse family within Mammalia, containing species variously specialized for insectivory, carnivory, omnivory, nectarivory, palynivory, frugivory, and even sanguivory. Phyl-

TABLE 3

External and craniodental measurements (mm) and weights (g) of Peropteryx kappleri (3 males)

W 7.7 (7.0–8.2) 3 TTL 74.7 (67.0–81.0) 3 TL 13.8 (13.0–15.0) 3 HF 10.3 (9.0–11.0) 3 EL 17.3 (16.0–19.0) 3 FA 50.7 (50.0–51.1) 3 GLS 16.7 (16.4–17.0) 3 CIL 16.1 (16.0–16.2) 3 CCL 15.6 (15.5–15.7) 3 LB 6.0 (5.8–6.3) 3 POB 3.1 (3.0–3.2) 3 ZB 10.3 (9.9–10.7) 3 BCB 7.7 (7.6–7.8) 3 MB 8.6 (8.5–8.6) 3 MTR 7.0 (6.9–7.1) 3 BM 7.9 (7.7–8.0) 3 BC 4.5 (4.4–4.6) 3

lostomids are characterized by having a noseleaf or other narial structures, a humerus with a welldeveloped trochiter, a digit II with a well-developed metacarpal and a small phalanx, a digit III with three completely ossified phalanges, a friction lock on the digits of the feet, a fibula that is proximally cartilaginous, a well-developed tragus, and oviductal folds limited to the extramural oviduct ( Simmons and Voss, 1998; Gardner, 2008b).