Summary of the morphological data collected in this study
| Species . | N . | Forearm length (mm) . | Skull length (mm) . | Dig. mass (mg) . | Mass. mass (mg) . | Temp. mass (mg) . | Pt. mass (mg) . | Dig. fiber length (mm) . | Mass. fiber length (mm) . | Temp. fiber length (mm) . | Pt fiber length (mm) . | Dig. PCSA (mm2) . | Mass. PCSA (mm2) . | Temp. PCSA (mm2) . | Pt. PCSA (mm2) . |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artibeus jamaicensis | 2 | 62.98±1.74 | 28.49±0.17 | 33.66±0.41 | 57.66±5.03 | 382.59±9.26 | 47.99±13.74 | 14.13±2.99 | 5.03±0.15 | 6.15±1.35 | 3.08±1.11 | 2.43±0.49 | 4.91±0.67 | 38.37±9.58 | 12.41±0.01 |
| Desmodus rotundus | 5 | 59.54±1.54 | 23.05±0.73 | 19.32±2.29 | 20.08±6.23 | 192.22±56.21 | 17.81±9.40 | 8.74±1.24 | 3.81±0.86 | 5.80±0.33 | 2.42±0.12 | 2.25±0.44 | 2.62±0.74 | 20.78±8.209 | 7.46±3.790 |
| Eidolon helvum | 1 | 94.19 | 45.54 | 154.43 | 283.22 | 664.26 | 125.41 | 12.95 | 6.58 | 9.84 | 5.59 | 11.93 | 18.65 | 37.92 | 22.43 |
| Glossophaga soricina | 1 | 33.91 | 20.68 | 5.28 | 9.12 | 49.93 | 4.63 | 6.09 | 3.26 | 3.37 | 1.92 | 0.87 | 0.85 | 7.91 | 2.41 |
| Molossus molossus | 1 | 40.70 | 16.95 | 11.97 | 29.78 | 142.73 | 10.95 | 9.02 | 2.93 | 3.42 | 1.97 | 1.33 | 5.59 | 16.89 | 5.55 |
| Molossus rufus | 1 | 40.20 | 16.49 | 2.01 | 21.72 | 97.20 | 7.65 | 2.13 | 3.76 | 5.67 | 2.10 | 0.95 | 1.67 | 7.81 | 3.64 |
| Myotis nigricans | 1 | 40.02 | 14.39 | 7.32 | 16.11 | 74.17 | 5.66 | 6.06 | 3.14 | 4.23 | 1.38 | 1.21 | 2.75 | 8.15 | 4.10 |
| Myotis simus | 1 | 39.52 | 14.04 | 6.54 | 11.38 | 54.55 | 5.00 | 5.67 | 2.64 | 3.96 | 2.26 | 1.15 | 0.99 | 5.90 | 2.21 |
| Noctilio albiventris | 1 | 62.33 | 20.46 | 32.78 | 31.71 | 393.00 | 30.83 | 8.64 | 4.09 | 6.62 | 3.04 | 3.80 | 2.29 | 13.95 | 10.13 |
| Noctilio leporinus | 1 | 86.33 | 26.28 | 56.44 | 78.99 | 699.92 | 57.18 | 10.42 | 4.15 | 5.45 | 5.15 | 5.42 | 5.16 | 43.53 | 11.10 |
| Phyllostomus discolor | 1 | 61.07 | 28.09 | 38.64 | 69.56 | 456.41 | 36.71 | 9.94 | 6.31 | 7.71 | 5.46 | 3.89 | 2.69 | 42.32 | 6.72 |
| Phyllostomus elongatus | 1 | 60.31 | 29.17 | 21.74 | 56.02 | 253.20 | 28.08 | 10.14 | 3.67 | 4.79 | 2.54 | 2.14 | 10.47 | 29.39 | 11.06 |
| Phyllostomus hastatus | 1 | 80.62 | 34.74 | 76.25 | 146.76 | 809.92 | 25.07 | 11.76 | 4.48 | 5.66 | 3.10 | 6.48 | 14.01 | 102.49 | 8.10 |
| Plecotus auritus | 1 | 39.72 | 16.61 | 2.43 | 7.43 | 30.24 | 4.09 | 7.00 | 2.25 | 2.85 | 1.77 | 0.35 | 1.04 | 6.03 | 2.31 |
| Pteropus giganteus | 4 | 135.72±0.10 | 60.11±2.69 | 259.45±135.75 | 624.10±297.60 | 1143.99±548.70 | 245.66±113.46 | 15.49±3.84 | 7.12±1.61 | 7.45±1.29 | 4.34±0.82 | 16.69±5.28 | 34.90±6.46 | 63.56±24.89 | 56.357±12.48 |
| Sturnira lilium | 1 | 42.12 | 22.15 | 17.91 | 41.68 | 216.06 | 21.83 | 7.44 | 3.61 | 4.87 | 2.62 | 2.41 | 2.41 | 28.19 | 8.32 |
| Species . | N . | Forearm length (mm) . | Skull length (mm) . | Dig. mass (mg) . | Mass. mass (mg) . | Temp. mass (mg) . | Pt. mass (mg) . | Dig. fiber length (mm) . | Mass. fiber length (mm) . | Temp. fiber length (mm) . | Pt fiber length (mm) . | Dig. PCSA (mm2) . | Mass. PCSA (mm2) . | Temp. PCSA (mm2) . | Pt. PCSA (mm2) . |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artibeus jamaicensis | 2 | 62.98±1.74 | 28.49±0.17 | 33.66±0.41 | 57.66±5.03 | 382.59±9.26 | 47.99±13.74 | 14.13±2.99 | 5.03±0.15 | 6.15±1.35 | 3.08±1.11 | 2.43±0.49 | 4.91±0.67 | 38.37±9.58 | 12.41±0.01 |
| Desmodus rotundus | 5 | 59.54±1.54 | 23.05±0.73 | 19.32±2.29 | 20.08±6.23 | 192.22±56.21 | 17.81±9.40 | 8.74±1.24 | 3.81±0.86 | 5.80±0.33 | 2.42±0.12 | 2.25±0.44 | 2.62±0.74 | 20.78±8.209 | 7.46±3.790 |
| Eidolon helvum | 1 | 94.19 | 45.54 | 154.43 | 283.22 | 664.26 | 125.41 | 12.95 | 6.58 | 9.84 | 5.59 | 11.93 | 18.65 | 37.92 | 22.43 |
| Glossophaga soricina | 1 | 33.91 | 20.68 | 5.28 | 9.12 | 49.93 | 4.63 | 6.09 | 3.26 | 3.37 | 1.92 | 0.87 | 0.85 | 7.91 | 2.41 |
| Molossus molossus | 1 | 40.70 | 16.95 | 11.97 | 29.78 | 142.73 | 10.95 | 9.02 | 2.93 | 3.42 | 1.97 | 1.33 | 5.59 | 16.89 | 5.55 |
| Molossus rufus | 1 | 40.20 | 16.49 | 2.01 | 21.72 | 97.20 | 7.65 | 2.13 | 3.76 | 5.67 | 2.10 | 0.95 | 1.67 | 7.81 | 3.64 |
| Myotis nigricans | 1 | 40.02 | 14.39 | 7.32 | 16.11 | 74.17 | 5.66 | 6.06 | 3.14 | 4.23 | 1.38 | 1.21 | 2.75 | 8.15 | 4.10 |
| Myotis simus | 1 | 39.52 | 14.04 | 6.54 | 11.38 | 54.55 | 5.00 | 5.67 | 2.64 | 3.96 | 2.26 | 1.15 | 0.99 | 5.90 | 2.21 |
| Noctilio albiventris | 1 | 62.33 | 20.46 | 32.78 | 31.71 | 393.00 | 30.83 | 8.64 | 4.09 | 6.62 | 3.04 | 3.80 | 2.29 | 13.95 | 10.13 |
| Noctilio leporinus | 1 | 86.33 | 26.28 | 56.44 | 78.99 | 699.92 | 57.18 | 10.42 | 4.15 | 5.45 | 5.15 | 5.42 | 5.16 | 43.53 | 11.10 |
| Phyllostomus discolor | 1 | 61.07 | 28.09 | 38.64 | 69.56 | 456.41 | 36.71 | 9.94 | 6.31 | 7.71 | 5.46 | 3.89 | 2.69 | 42.32 | 6.72 |
| Phyllostomus elongatus | 1 | 60.31 | 29.17 | 21.74 | 56.02 | 253.20 | 28.08 | 10.14 | 3.67 | 4.79 | 2.54 | 2.14 | 10.47 | 29.39 | 11.06 |
| Phyllostomus hastatus | 1 | 80.62 | 34.74 | 76.25 | 146.76 | 809.92 | 25.07 | 11.76 | 4.48 | 5.66 | 3.10 | 6.48 | 14.01 | 102.49 | 8.10 |
| Plecotus auritus | 1 | 39.72 | 16.61 | 2.43 | 7.43 | 30.24 | 4.09 | 7.00 | 2.25 | 2.85 | 1.77 | 0.35 | 1.04 | 6.03 | 2.31 |
| Pteropus giganteus | 4 | 135.72±0.10 | 60.11±2.69 | 259.45±135.75 | 624.10±297.60 | 1143.99±548.70 | 245.66±113.46 | 15.49±3.84 | 7.12±1.61 | 7.45±1.29 | 4.34±0.82 | 16.69±5.28 | 34.90±6.46 | 63.56±24.89 | 56.357±12.48 |
| Sturnira lilium | 1 | 42.12 | 22.15 | 17.91 | 41.68 | 216.06 | 21.83 | 7.44 | 3.61 | 4.87 | 2.62 | 2.41 | 2.41 | 28.19 | 8.32 |
Values are means ± s.d. For mass, fiber lengths and physiological cross sectional area (PCSA), the means for all bundles are represented. Dig,m. digastricus; Mass, m. masseter; Pt, m. pterygoideus; Temp, m. temporalis