Chiroderma salvini (bat)

Mass: 28.2 g based on LaVal 1969, Carter et al. 1966, Mena 2010, Patterson et al. 1996, Schondube et al. 2001, and Stephan et al. 1981

Diet: frugivore based on Patterson et al. 1996, Aguirre et al. 2003, Castro-Luna et al. 2007, de la Peña-Cuéllar et al. 2012, García-García et al. 2014, and de la Peña-Cuéllar et al. 2015; nectarivore based on Preciado-Benítez et al. 2015

Abundance: 0.07 to 2.45% (median 0.31%)

Latitudinal range: -17.1° to 18.4°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (2), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (12), tropical/subtropical savanna (1)

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Found in 15 samples

Bolivia: Espíritu, Santuario de Vida Silvestre Cavernas de Repechón (cultivo), Santuario de Vida Silvestre Cavernas de Repechón (barbecho), Santuario de Vida Silvestre Cavernas de Repechón (bosque joven), Santuario de Vida Silvestre Cavernas de Repechón (bosque maduro)

Colombia: La Reserva Natural La Montaña del Ocaso, Santuario de Fauna y Flora Otùn Quimbaya

Mexico: Lacandona (riparian mature), Lacandona (riparian pasture), Comalcalco, El Chorro (mist nets), Carrizal Viejo (mist nets), Parque Estatal La Sierra

Peru: Reserva Nacional Allpahuayo-Mishana, Valle de Pozuzo

Size measurements:
body mass26.6 gN = 6LaVal 1969
♀ body mass25 gN = 1Carter et al. 1966
body mass39 gN = 3Mena 2010
body mass30.5 gN = 1Patterson et al. 1996
body mass25 gN = 1Schondube et al. 2001
body mass22.5 gN = 2Stephan et al. 1981

See also Chiroderma, Chiroderma doriae, Chiroderma trinitatum, Chiroderma villosum