Little yellow-shouldered bat
{{Short description|Species of bat}}
{{Speciesbox | name = Little yellow-shouldered bat
| status = LC| status_system = IUCN3.1
| image = Sturnira lilium lostuxtlas2008.jpg
| genus = Sturnira
| species = lilium
| authority = Geoffroy, 1810
| range_map = Sturnira lilium map.svg
}}
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.{{Cite journal|last1=Silva|first1=Wesley R.|last2=Kalko|first2=Elisabeth K. V.|last3=Mello|first3=Marco A. R.|date=2008-04-18|title=Diet and Abundance of the Bat Sturnira lilium (Chiroptera) in a Brazilian Montane Atlantic Forest|journal=Journal of Mammalogy|language=en|volume=89|issue=2|pages=485–492|doi=10.1644/06-MAMM-A-411R.1|issn=0022-2372|doi-access=free}}{{Cite journal|last1=Silva|first1=Wesley Rodrigues|last2=Kalko|first2=Elisabeth Klara Viktoria|last3=Mello|first3=Marco Aurelio Ribeiro|date=March 2008|title=Movements of the bat Sturnira lilium and its role as a seed disperser of Solanaceae in the Brazilian Atlantic forest|journal=Journal of Tropical Ecology|language=en|volume=24|issue=2|pages=225–228|doi=10.1017/S026646740800480X|s2cid=86148321|issn=1469-7831}}
It roosts alone in tree cavities, on branches, vines, and under palm leaves, usually keeping to the same roosts day to day.{{Cite journal|last1=Evelyn|first1=Michelle J.|last2=Stiles|first2=David A.|date=2003|title=Roosting Requirements of Two Frugivorous Bats (Sturnira lilium and Arbiteus intermedius) in Fragmented Neotropical Forest1|journal=Biotropica|language=en|volume=35|issue=3|pages=405–418|doi=10.1111/j.1744-7429.2003.tb00594.x|issn=1744-7429}}{{Cite journal|last1=Fenton|first1=M. B.|last2=Vonhof|first2=M. J.|last3=Bouchard|first3=S.|last4=Gill|first4=S. A.|last5=Johnston|first5=D. S.|last6=Reid|first6=F. A.|last7=Riskin|first7=D. K.|last8=Standing|first8=K. L.|last9=Taylor|first9=J. R.|date=2000|title=Roosts Used by Sturnira lilium (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in Belize1|journal=Biotropica|language=en|volume=32|issue=4a|pages=729–733|doi=10.1111/j.1744-7429.2000.tb00521.x|issn=1744-7429}} There is evidence to suggest hypothermia is a thermoregulatory strategy to help adjust metabolic levels.{{Cite journal|last1=Audet|first1=D.|last2=Thomas|first2=D. W.|date=1997-02-01|title=Facultative hypothermia as a thermoregulatory strategy in the phyllostomid bats, Carollia perspicillata and Sturnira lilium|journal=Journal of Comparative Physiology B|language=en|volume=167|issue=2|pages=146–152|doi=10.1007/s003600050058|pmid=9120068|s2cid=26756047|issn=1432-136X}} Ambient temperature has been noted as a greater influence on mating than food availability.{{Cite journal|last1=Mello|first1=M.A.R.|last2=Kalko|first2=E.K.V.|last3=Silva|first3=W.R.|date=2009-02-26|title=Ambient temperature is more important than food availability in explaining reproductive timing of the bat Sturnira lilium (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in a montane Atlantic Forest|journal=Canadian Journal of Zoology|volume=87|issue=3|pages=239–245|doi=10.1139/Z09-010|issn=0008-4301}} Its wing shape can also be affected by pregnancy in order to make flight more efficient.{{Cite journal|last1=Oliveira|first1=Hernani F. M. de|last2=Camargo|first2=Nícholas F. de|date=2012-11-14|title=Sexual Dimorphism in Sturnira lilium (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae): Can Pregnancy and Pup Carrying Be Responsible for Differences in Wing Shape?|journal=PLOS ONE|language=en|volume=7|issue=11|pages=e49734|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0049734|issn=1932-6203|pmc=3498221|pmid=23166759|bibcode=2012PLoSO...749734C|doi-access=free}}
Gallery
File:Sturnira lilium lostuxtlas2008.jpg|Little yellow-shouldered bat Wingspan
File:Little yellow-shouldered bat teeth.jpg|Little yellow-shouldered bat teeth (mature female)
File:Little yellow-shouldered bat wingspan.jpg|Little yellow-shouldered bat wingspan (transparent) (mature female)
References
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{{Phyllostomidae|S.}}
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Category:Bats of South America
Category:Mammals described in 1810
Category:Bats of Central America
Category:Taxa named by Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
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