Table 1.

Development of plagiopatagium in 16 species of bats

Family	Species	Diet	Foraging habitat	Plagiopatagium outgrowth observed	Plagiopatagium fusion
Phyllostomidae	Artibeus jamaicensis	Fruit, insects, pollen, leaves	Clutter	St15	St16
Phyllostomidae	Carollia perspicillata	Fruit, nectar, pollen, insects, leaves	Clutter	St15	St16
Phyllostomidae	Erophylla sezekorni	Fruit, nectar, pollen, insects	Clutter	St15	St16
Phyllostomidae	Glossophaga soricina	Nectar, pollen, fruit, floral parts, insects	Clutter	St15	St16
Hipposideridae	Hipposideros larvatus	Insects	Edge	St15	St16
Phyllostomidae	Macrotus waterhousii	Insects	Clutter	St15	St16
Miniopteridae	Miniopterus australis	Insects	Edge	St15	St16
Molossidae	Molossus molossus	Insects	Open space	St15	St16
Noctilionidae	Noctilio albiventris	Insects and rarely small fish	Over water	St15	St16
Vespertilionidae	Pipistrellus papuanus	Insects	Edge	St15	St16
Phyllostomidae	Platyrrhinus helleri	Fruit, insects	Clutter	St15	St16
Mormoopidae	Pteronotus quadridens	Insects	Clutter	St15	St16
Rhinolophidae	Rhinolophus lepidus	Insects	Open space	St15	St16
Vespertilionidae	Rhogeessa minutilla	Insects	Open space	St15	St16
Phyllostomidae	Sturnira erythromos	Fruit	Clutter	St15	St16
Pteropodidae	Synconycteris australis	Nectar, pollen, fruit	Clutter	St15	St16

Diet is listed with primary content of diet first. References for diets and foraging habitat in Additional File 2: Table S1