Bats Of Barbuda, Northern Lesser Antilles
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Pedersen, Scott C.
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Larsen, Peter A.
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Genoways, Hugh H.
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Morton, Mathew N.
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Lindsay, Kevel C.
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Cindric, Jerry
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Occasional Papers of the Museum
2007
2007-10-24
271
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.15748434
63f8ac5e-9fa6-4eeb-9c4a-b10e89a52773
0149-175X
15748434
Table 1.—Length of forearm and seven cranial measurements (in mm) for seven species of bats occurring on the West Indian island of Barbuda.| Statistics, catalog numbers, and sex | Length of forearm | Greatest length of skull | Condylobasal length | Zygomatic breadth | Postorbital constriction | Mastoid breadth | Length of maxillary toothrow | Breadth across upper molars |
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| Noctilio leporinus mastivus |
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| Males N Mean Range ± SE | 5 88.1 (86.5-90.9) ±0.76 | 5 28.8 (27.7-29.7) ±0.42 | 5 25.5 (25.2-26.1) ±0.17 | 5 19.9 (19.7-20.3) ±0.10 | 5 7.2 (7.2-7.3) ±0.02 | 5 18.6 (17.6-20.1) ±0.46 | 5 10.6 (10.5-10.7) ±0.04 | 5 12.7 (12.4-12.9) ±0.08 |
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| Females N Mean Range ± SE | 5 85.0 (82.6-86.6) ±0.66 | 5 26.6 (26.4-27.0) ±0.11 | 5 24.2 (24.1-24.2) ±0.02 | 5 18.7 (18.6-18.9) ±0.06 | 5 6.9 (6.8-7.0) ±0.03 | 5 17.0 (16.7-17.2) ±0.10 | 5 10.4 (10.2-10.5) ±0.06 | 5 12.2 (12.0-12.3) ±0.05 |
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| Monophyllus plethodon luciae |
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| Males N Mean Range ± SE | 4 42.4 (41.5-42.7) ±0.29 | 5 23.4 (23.0-24.0) ±0.20 | 5 21.7 (21.3-22.3) ±.20 | 5 10.4 (10.3-10.6) ±0.06 | 5 4.7 (4.6-4.8) ±0.04 | 5 10.2 (10.0-10.4) ±0.07 | 5 8.1 (7.9-8.4) ±0.09 | 5 5.7 (5.5-5.8) ±0.05 |
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| Females N Mean Range ± SE | 5 42.5 (41.6-44.0) ±0.40 | 5 23.2 (22.7-24.2) ±0.28 | 5 21.4 (20.9-22.2) ±0.24 | 5 9.8 (9.6-10.2) ±0.11 | 5 4.7 (4.5-4.9) ±0.06 | 5 9.7 (9.5-10.2) ±0.15 | 5 7.9 (7.7-8.0) ±0.05 | 5 5.4 (5.3-5.6) ±0.05 |
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| Brachyphylla cavernarum cavernarum |
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| Males N Mean Range ± SE | 5 65.4 (63.7-67.6) ±0.65 | 5 32.1 (31.6-32.3) ±0.13 | 5 28.9 (27.7-29.3) ±0.31 | 5 17.2 (16.7-17.6) ±0.18 | 5 6.2 (5.9-6.4) ±0.09 | 5 14.9 (14.5-15.5) ±0.17 | 5 11.3 (11.0-11.5) ±0.08 | 5 11.9 (11.8-12.0) ±0.04 |
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| Females N Mean Range ± SE | 5 66.9 (63.7-69.6) ±1.06 | 5 32.0 (31.0-32.7) ±0.33 | 5 28.4 (27.7-29.0) ±0.23 | 5 17.1 (16.6-17.6) ±0.20 | 5 6.4 (6.2-6.6) ±0.08 | 5 14.6 (14.2-15.0) ±0.13 | 5 11.1 (10.6-11.5) ±0.15 | 5 11.5 (11.2-11.9) ±0.12 |
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| Artibeus jamaicensis jamaicensis |
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| Male TTU 101758 | 59.9 | 28.1 | 24.8 | 16.8 | 7.0 | 14.8 | 9.7 | 12.4 |
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| Females N Mean Range ± SE | 5 60.7 (59.5-61.9) ±0.39 | 5 28.4 (28.0-28.7) ±0.11 | 5 24.9 (24.2-25.3) ±0.19 | 5 16.8 (16.5-17.1) ±0.12 | 5 7.3 (7.1-7.5) ±0.09 | 5 14.8 (14.3-15.1) ±0.14 | 5 9.8 (9.6-10.1) ±0.09 | 5 12.6 (12.3-12.9) ±0.14 |
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| Natalus stramineus stramineus |
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| Males N Mean Range ± SE | 5 40.8 (40.0-41.6) ±0.31 | 5 17.1 (16.9-17.2) ±0.07 | 5 15.6 (15.4-15.8) ±0.07 | 5 8.6 (8.5-8.7) ±0.03 | 5 3.1 (3.1) ±0.00 | 5 7.7 (7.5-8.0) ±0.10 | 5 7.4 (7.4-7.5) ±0.02 | 5 5.7 (5.6-5.7) ±0.02 |
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| Females N Mean Range ± SE | 5 40.7 (39.7-41.5) ±0.32 | 5 16.9 (16.7-17.5) ±0.14 | 5 15.6 (15.5-16.0) ±0.10 | 5 8.4 (8.2-8.7) ±0.09 | 5 3.1 (3.0-3.2) ±0.03 | 5 7.7 (7.4-7.8) ±0.09 | 5 7.3 (7.3-7.4) ±0.02 | 5 5.5 (5.4-5.7) ±0.05 |
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| Molossus molossus molossus |
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| Males AMNH 213935 TTU 101778 | 37.9 38.7 | 16.7 16.5 | 14.7 14.8 | 10.4 10.1 | 3.4 3.4 | 9.7 9.7 | 5.8 5.5 | 7.2 7.1 |
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| Females N Mean Range ± SE | 5 37.4 (36.1-38.8) ±0.48 | 5 16.0 (15.8-16.2) ±0.07 | 5 14.2 (13.9-14.5) ±0.10 | 5 9.9 (9.8-10.2) ±0.09 | 5 3.2 (3.2-3.3) ±0.02 | 5 9.2 (9.0-9.4) ±0.07 | 5 5.5 (5.1-5.7) ±0.11 | 5 6.8 (6.4-7.1) ±0.16 |
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| Tadarida brasiliensis antillularum |
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| Males N Mean Range ± SE | 7 38.8 (37.8-40.7) ±0.36 | 7 16.0 (15.3-16.4) ±0.13 | 7 14.8 (14.1-15.2) ±0.16 | 7 9.2 (8.4-9.6) ±0.18 | 7 3.6 (3.5-3.7) ±0.0.3 | 7 8.8 (8.5-9.1) ±0.08 | 7 5.6 (5.3-5.7) ±0.06 | 7 6.4 (5.6-6.7) ±0.17 |
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| Females TTU 101779 TTU 101781 | 38.4 36.7 | 16.0 15.1 | 14.8 14.1 | 9.1 9.4 | 3.6 3.5 | 8.9 8.9 | 5.7 5.4 | 6.3 6.6 |
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