Little yellow-shouldered bat

Species of bat

Little yellow-shouldered bat
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Phyllostomidae
Genus: Sturnira
Species:
S. lilium
Binomial name
Sturnira lilium
Geoffroy, 1810

The little yellow-shouldered bat (Sturnira lilium) is a bat species from South and Central America. It is a frugivore and an effective seed disperser.[2][3]

It roosts alone in tree cavities, on branches, vines, and under palm leaves, usually keeping to the same roosts day to day.[4][5] There is evidence to suggest hypothermia is a thermoregulatory strategy to help adjust metabolic levels.[6] Ambient temperature has been noted as a greater influence on mating than food availability.[7] Its wing shape can also be affected by pregnancy in order to make flight more efficient.[8]

Gallery

  • Little yellow-shouldered bat Wingspan
    Little yellow-shouldered bat Wingspan
  • Little yellow-shouldered bat teeth (mature female)
    Little yellow-shouldered bat teeth (mature female)
  • Little yellow-shouldered bat wingspan (transparent) (mature female)
    Little yellow-shouldered bat wingspan (transparent) (mature female)

References

  1. ^ Velazco, P.; Patterson, B. (2017). "Sturnira lilium". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T88159688A22049384. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T88159688A22049384.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Silva, Wesley R.; Kalko, Elisabeth K. V.; Mello, Marco A. R. (2008-04-18). "Diet and Abundance of the Bat Sturnira lilium (Chiroptera) in a Brazilian Montane Atlantic Forest". Journal of Mammalogy. 89 (2): 485–492. doi:10.1644/06-MAMM-A-411R.1. ISSN 0022-2372.
  3. ^ Silva, Wesley Rodrigues; Kalko, Elisabeth Klara Viktoria; Mello, Marco Aurelio Ribeiro (March 2008). "Movements of the bat Sturnira lilium and its role as a seed disperser of Solanaceae in the Brazilian Atlantic forest". Journal of Tropical Ecology. 24 (2): 225–228. doi:10.1017/S026646740800480X. ISSN 1469-7831. S2CID 86148321.
  4. ^ Evelyn, Michelle J.; Stiles, David A. (2003). "Roosting Requirements of Two Frugivorous Bats (Sturnira lilium and Arbiteus intermedius) in Fragmented Neotropical Forest1". Biotropica. 35 (3): 405–418. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7429.2003.tb00594.x. ISSN 1744-7429.
  5. ^ Fenton, M. B.; Vonhof, M. J.; Bouchard, S.; Gill, S. A.; Johnston, D. S.; Reid, F. A.; Riskin, D. K.; Standing, K. L.; Taylor, J. R. (2000). "Roosts Used by Sturnira lilium (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in Belize1". Biotropica. 32 (4a): 729–733. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7429.2000.tb00521.x. ISSN 1744-7429.
  6. ^ Audet, D.; Thomas, D. W. (1997-02-01). "Facultative hypothermia as a thermoregulatory strategy in the phyllostomid bats, Carollia perspicillata and Sturnira lilium". Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 167 (2): 146–152. doi:10.1007/s003600050058. ISSN 1432-136X. PMID 9120068. S2CID 26756047.
  7. ^ Mello, M.A.R.; Kalko, E.K.V.; Silva, W.R. (2009-02-26). "Ambient temperature is more important than food availability in explaining reproductive timing of the bat Sturnira lilium (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in a montane Atlantic Forest". Canadian Journal of Zoology. 87 (3): 239–245. doi:10.1139/Z09-010. ISSN 0008-4301.
  8. ^ Oliveira, Hernani F. M. de; Camargo, Nícholas F. de (2012-11-14). "Sexual Dimorphism in Sturnira lilium (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae): Can Pregnancy and Pup Carrying Be Responsible for Differences in Wing Shape?". PLOS ONE. 7 (11): e49734. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...749734C. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0049734. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3498221. PMID 23166759.
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Extant species of family Phyllostomidae
Brachyphyllinae
Brachyphylla
  • Antillean fruit-eating bat (B. cavernarum)
  • Cuban fruit-eating bat (B. nana)
Carolliinae
Carollia
(Short-tailed
leaf-nosed bats)
  • Benkeith's short-tailed bat (C. benkeithi)
  • Silky short-tailed bat (C. brevicauda)
  • Chestnut short-tailed bat (C. castanea)
  • Manu short-tailed bat (C. manu)
  • Mono's short-tailed bat (C. monohernandezi)
  • Seba's short-tailed bat (C. perspicillata)
  • Sowell's short-tailed bat (C. sowelli)
  • Gray short-tailed bat (C. subrufa)
Rhinophylla
  • Hairy little fruit bat (R. alethina)
  • Fischer's little fruit bat (R. fischerae)
  • Dwarf little fruit bat (R. pumilio)
Desmodontinae
(vampire bats)
Desmodus
  • Common vampire bat (D. rotundus)
Diaemus
  • White-winged vampire bat (D. youngi)
Diphylla
  • Hairy-legged vampire bat (D. ecaudata)
Phyllonycterinae
Erophylla
  • Brown flower bat (E. bombifrons)
  • Buffy flower bat (E. sezekorni)
Phyllonycteris
  • Jamaican flower bat (P. aphylla)
  • Cuban flower bat (P. poeyi)
Subfamily Glossophaginae
Glossophagini
Anoura
(Geoffroy's
long-nosed bats)
  • A. aequatoris
  • Cadena's tailless bat (A. cadenai)
  • A. carishina
  • Tailed tailless bat (A. caudifer)
  • Handley's tailless bat (A. cultrata)
  • Tube-lipped nectar bat (A. fistulata)
  • Geoffroy's tailless bat (A. geoffroyi)
  • Broad-toothed tailless bat (A. latidens)
  • Luis Manuel's tailless bat (A. luismanueli)
  • A. peruana
Choeroniscus
  • Godman's long-tailed bat (C. godmani)
  • Lesser long-tongued bat (C. minor)
  • Greater long-tailed bat (C. periosus)
Choeronycteris
  • Mexican long-tongued bat (C. mexicana)
Dryadonycteris
Glossophaga
  • Commissaris's long-tongued bat (G. commissarisi)
  • Gray long-tongued bat (G. leachii)
  • Miller's long-tongued bat (G. longirostris)
  • Western long-tongued bat (G. morenoi)
  • Pallas's long-tongued bat (G. soricina)
Hylonycteris
  • Underwood's long-tongued bat (H. underwoodi)
Leptonycteris
(Saussure's
long-nosed bats)
  • Southern long-nosed bat (L. curasoae)
  • Greater long-nosed bat (L. nivalis)
  • Lesser long-nosed bat (L. yerbabuenae)
Lichonycteris
  • Pale brown long-nosed bat (L. degener)
  • Dark long-tongued bat (L. obscura)
Monophyllus
  • Insular single leaf bat (M. plethodon)
  • Leach's single leaf bat (M. redmani)
Musonycteris
  • Banana bat (M. harrisoni)
Scleronycteris
  • Ega long-tongued bat (S. ega)
Hsunycterini
Hsunycteris
Lonchophyllini
Lionycteris
  • Chestnut long-tongued bat (L. spurrelli)
Lonchophylla
  • Bokermann's nectar bat (L. bokermanni)
  • Chocoan long-tongued bat (L. chocoana)
  • L. concava
  • Dekeyser's nectar bat (L. dekeyseri)
  • Arched nectar bat (L. fornicata)
  • Handley's nectar bat (L. handleyi)
  • Western nectar bat (L. hesperia)
  • L. inexpectata
  • Godman's nectar bat (L. mordax)
  • Orcés's long-tongued bat (L. orcesi)
  • L. orienticollina
  • L. peracchii
  • Orange nectar bat (L. robusta)
  • Thomas's nectar bat (L. thomasi)
Platalina
  • Long-snouted bat (P. genovensium)
Xeronycteris
  • Vieira's long-tongued bat (X. vieirai)
Subfamily Phyllostominae
Micronycterini
Glyphonycteris
  • Behn's bat (G. behnii)
  • Davies's big-eared bat (G. daviesi)
  • Tricolored big-eared bat (G. sylvestris)
Lampronycteris
  • Yellow-throated big-eared bat (L. brachyotis)
Macrotus
(big-eared bats)
  • California leaf-nosed bat (M. californicus)
  • Waterhouse's leaf-nosed bat (M. waterhousii)
Micronycteris
(Little Big-eared
Bats)
  • Brosset's big-eared bat (M. brosseti)
  • Giovanni's big-eared bat (M. giovanniae)
  • Hairy big-eared bat (M. hirsuta)
  • Matses's big-eared bat (M. matses)
  • Little big-eared bat (M. megalotis)
  • Common big-eared bat (M. microtis)
  • White-bellied big-eared bat (M. minuta)
  • Sanborn's big-eared bat (M. sanborni)
  • Schmidts's big-eared bat (M. schmidtorum)
  • Yates's big-eared bat (M. yatesi)
Neonycteris
  • Least big-eared bat (N. pusilla)
Trinycteris
  • Niceforo's big-eared bat (T. nicefori)
Vampyrini
Chrotopterus
  • Big-eared woolly bat (C. auritus)
Lophostoma
  • Pygmy round-eared bat (L. brasiliense)
  • Carriker's round-eared bat (L. carrikeri)
  • Davis's round-eared bat (L. evotis)
  • Kalko's round-eared bat (L. kalkoae)
  • Western round-eared bat (L. occidentalis)
  • Schultz's round-eared bat (L. schulzi)
  • White-throated round-eared bat (L. silvicolum)
  • Yasuni round-eared bat (L. yasuni)
Tonatia
(round-eared bats)
  • Greater round-eared bat (T. bidens)
  • Stripe-headed round-eared bat (T. saurophila)
Trachops
  • Fringe-lipped bat (T. cirrhosus)
Vampyrum
  • Spectral bat (V. spectrum)
Lonchorhinini
Lonchorhina
(sword-nosed bats)
  • Tomes's sword-nosed bat (L. aurita)
  • Fernandez's sword-nosed bat (L. fernandezi)
  • Northern sword-nosed bat (L. inusitata)
  • Marinkelle's sword-nosed bat (L. marinkellei)
  • Orinoco sword-nosed bat (L. orinocensis)
Macrophyllum
  • Long-legged bat (M. macrophyllum)
Mimon
(Gray's Spear-nosed
Bats)
  • Golden bat (M. bennettii)
  • Cozumelan golden bat (M. cozumelae)
  • Striped hairy-nosed bat (M. crenulatum)
  • Koepcke's spear-nosed bat (M. koepckeae)
Phyllostomatini
Phylloderma
  • Pale-faced bat (P. stenops)
Phyllostomus
(spear-nosed bats)
  • Pale spear-nosed bat (P. discolor)
  • Lesser spear-nosed bat (P. elongatus)
  • Greater spear-nosed bat (P. hastatus)
  • Guianan spear-nosed bat (P. latifolius)
Subfamily Stenodermatinae
Ametrida
  • Little white-shouldered bat (A. centurio)
Ardops
  • Tree bat (A. nichollsi)
Ariteus
  • Jamaican fig-eating bat (A. flavescens)
Artibeus
(Neotropical fruit bats)
  • Subgenus Artibeus: Anderson's fruit-eating bat (A. aequatorialis)
  • Large fruit-eating bat (A. amplus)
  • Fringed fruit-eating bat (A. fimbriatus)
  • Fraternal fruit-eating bat (A. fraterculus)
  • Hairy fruit-eating bat (A. hirsutus)
  • Honduran fruit-eating bat (A. inopinatus)
  • Jamaican fruit-eating bat (A. jamaicensis)
  • Great fruit-eating bat (A. lituratus)
  • Dark fruit-eating bat (A. obscurus)
  • Flat-faced fruit-eating bat (A. planirostris)
  • Schwartz's fruit-eating bat (A. schwartzi)
  • Subgenus Koopmania: Brown fruit-eating bat (A. concolor)
Centurio
  • Wrinkle-faced bat (C. senex)
Chiroderma
(big-eyed bats)
  • Brazilian big-eyed bat (C. doriae)
  • Guadeloupe big-eyed bat (C. improvisum)
  • Salvin's big-eyed bat (C. salvini)
  • Little big-eyed bat (C. trinitatum)
  • Hairy big-eyed bat (C. villosum)
  • C. vizottoi
Dermanura
  • Andersen's fruit-eating bat (D. anderseni)
  • Aztec fruit-eating bat (D. aztecus)
  • Bogotá fruit-eating bat (D. bogotensis)
  • Gervais's fruit-eating bat (D. cinerea)
  • Silver fruit-eating bat (D. glauca)
  • Gnome fruit-eating bat (D. gnoma)
  • Pygmy fruit-eating bat (D. phaeotis)
  • D. rava
  • Rosenberg's fruit-eating bat (D. rosenbergi)
  • Toltec fruit-eating bat (D. tolteca)
  • Thomas's fruit-eating bat (D. watsoni)
Ectophylla
  • Honduran white bat (E. alba)
Enchisthenes
  • Velvety fruit-eating bat (E. hartii)
Mesophylla
  • MacConnell's bat (M. macconnelli)
Phyllops
(Falcate-winged bats)
  • Cuban fig-eating bat (P. falcatus)
Platyrrhinus
  • P. albericoi
  • Slender broad-nosed bat (P. angustirostris)
  • P. aquilus
  • Eldorado broad-nosed bat (P. aurarius)
  • Short-headed broad-nosed bat (P. brachycephalus)
  • Choco broad-nosed bat (P. chocoensis)
  • Thomas's broad-nosed bat (P. dorsalis)
  • P. fusciventris
  • P. guianensis
  • Heller's broad-nosed bat (P. helleri)
  • P. incarum
  • Buffy broad-nosed bat (P. infuscus)
  • P. ismaeli
  • White-lined broad-nosed bat (P. lineatus)
  • P. masu
  • Matapalo broad-nosed bat (P. matapalensis)
  • P. nigellus
  • P. nitelinea
  • Recife broad-nosed bat (P. recifinus)
  • Shadowy broad-nosed bat (P. umbratus)
  • Greater broad-nosed bat (P. vittatus)
Pygoderma
  • Ipanema bat (P. bilabiatum)
Sphaeronycteris
  • Visored bat (S. toxophyllum)
Stenoderma
  • Red fruit bat (S. rufum)
Sturnira
(yellow-shouldered bats)
  • S. angeli
  • Aratathomas's yellow-shouldered bat (S. aratathomasi)
  • S. bakeri
  • Bidentate yellow-shouldered bat (S. bidens)
  • Bogotá yellow-shouldered bat (S. bogotensis)
  • S. burtonlimi
  • Hairy yellow-shouldered bat (S. erythromos)
  • S. hondurensis
  • Choco yellow-shouldered bat (S. koopmanhilli)
  • Little yellow-shouldered bat (S. lilium)
  • Highland yellow-shouldered bat (S. ludovici)
  • Louis's yellow-shouldered bat (S. luisi)
  • Greater yellow-shouldered bat (S. magna)
  • Mistratoan yellow-shouldered bat (S. mistratensis)
  • Talamancan yellow-shouldered bat (S. mordax)
  • Lesser yellow-shouldered bat (S. nana)
  • Tschudi's yellow-shouldered bat (S. oporaphilum)
  • S. parvidens
  • S. paulsoni
  • S. perla
  • Soriano's yellow-shouldered bat (S. sorianoi)
  • Thomas's yellow-shouldered bat (S. thomasi)
  • Tilda's yellow-shouldered bat (S. tildae)
Uroderma
(Tent-building bats)
  • U. bakeri
  • Tent-making bat (U. bilobatum)
  • U. convexum
  • U. davisi
  • Brown tent-making bat (U. magnirostrum)
Vampyressa
(yellow-eared bats)
  • Melissa's yellow-eared bat (V. melissa)
  • Southern little yellow-eared bat (V. pusilla)
  • Northern little yellow-eared bat (V. thyone)
Vampyriscus
  • Bidentate yellow-eared bat (V. bidens)
  • Brock's yellow-eared bat (V. brocki)
  • Striped yellow-eared bat (V. nymphaea)
Vampyrodes
  • Great stripe-faced bat (V. caraccioli)
Taxon identifiers
Sturnira lilium


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