Phyllostomus discolor (bat)

Mass: 40.3 g based on Aguirre et al. 2002, Bernard 2001, Estrada et al. 1993, Lawlor 1973, Santana and Dumont 2009, Schondube et al. 2001, Studier et al. 1983 and Vleut et al. 2015

Latitudinal range: -23.0° to 18.4°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (15), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (22), tropical/subtropical savanna (10)

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Found in 47 samples

Belize: Lamanai

Bolivia: Espíritu, Beni Biological Station–Biosphere Reserve (savanna)

Brazil: Pousada das Araras, Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project Reserves 1501 and 1401, Reserva Ecológica Carnijo, Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural Serra das Almas, Amanã Sustainable Development Reserve (terra firme high-water under-storey), Augusto Correa, Viseu, Refúgio de Vida Silvestre Mata do Junco, Middle São Francisco River, Praia das Neves, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Campo Grande parks, Sonora, Barreirinhas, Fazenda Congonhas (native woodland), Una (cabrucas), Ilhéus (cabrucas), Médio Rio Teles Pires, Base (wet season)

Colombia: Montería, La Reserva Natural La Montaña del Ocaso, Isla Palma, Tinije, Reserva Forestal Protectora Serranía de Coraza

Costa Rica: Cañas, Rincón de Osa

Guyana: Burro-Burro River, Kurupukari

Mexico: El Rancho (bats), Los Tuxtlas Biological Research Station (forest fragment bats), Lacanhá (rain forest), Los Tuxtlas (forest, 1990 - 1992), Huamuchil (bats), Los Tuxtlas Biological Research Station (shaded plantation bats), Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve (partially surrounded, rainforest), Lacandona (riparian pasture), Comalcalco

Peru: Reserva Nacional Allpahuayo-Mishana, Santa Marta, Truenococha, Mishana, Parque Nacional Cerros de Amotape

Venezuela: Negra Hipólita, Mayorica

Size measurements:
body mass36.65 gN = 8Aguirre et al. 2002
body mass38.5 gN = 4Bernard 2001
body mass38 gN = 12Estrada et al. 1993
body mass42.2 gN = 4Lawlor 1973
body mass45.0 gN = 3Santana and Dumont 2009
body mass41.5 gN = 2Schondube et al. 2001
body mass44.6 gN = 6Studier et al. 1983
body mass40.8 gN = 33Vleut et al. 2015

See also Phyllostomus, Phyllostomus elongatus, Phyllostomus hastatus, Phyllostomus latifolius