Mass: 372.0 g based on Medellín et al. 1992, Moraes Jr 2004, da Fonseca and Kierulff 1988, Cáceres 2005, Delciellos and Vieira 2009, Delciellos and Viera 2007, Díaz 2014, Julien-Laferrière 1991 and Richard-Hansen et al. 1999
Latitudinal range: -24.5° to 13.7°Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (7), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (10)
Found in 18 samples
Bolivia: El Refugio Huanchaca Biological Station, Los Fierros Camp (LFF)
Brazil: Pinkaití Research Station (ground), Fazenda Montes Claros (primary), Fazenda Montes Claros (secondary), Alta Floresta (Sherman traps), Fazenda Santa Fé, PPBio-Amazônia (100 L buckets, I-shaped arrays), Saibadela, Reserva Natural Vale (year 2), Reserva Ecológica Michelin (floresta), Abismo Iguatemi (Late Pleistocene)
French Guiana: Domaine Experimental Paracou (station 5)
Nicaragua: Siuna (mammals, primary forest)
Peru: Reserva Cuzco Amazónico (1989 snap traps), Iquitos–Nauta Highway, Reserva Nacional Allpahuayo-Mishana (Tomahawk traps), Reserva Nacional Allpahuayo-Mishana (Victor traps)
| ♀ body mass | 300 g | N = 1 | Medellín et al. 1992 |
| ♀ body mass | 300 g | N = 1 | Medellín et al. 1992 |
| ♀ body mass | 243 g | N = 1 | Moraes Jr 2004 |
| ♀ body mass | 280.8 g | N = 33 | da Fonseca and Kierulff 1988 |
| ♂ body mass | 352.7 g | N = 51 | da Fonseca and Kierulff 1988 |
| body mass | 290 g | N = 5 | Cáceres 2005 |
| body mass | 415.0 g | N = 10 | Delciellos and Vieira 2009 |
| body mass | 332.8 g | N = 11 | Delciellos and Viera 2007 |
| body mass | 353.1 g | N = 17 | Díaz 2014 |
| body mass | 360 g | N = 1 | Julien-Laferrière 1991 |
| body mass | 460 g | N = 71 | Richard-Hansen et al. 1999 |
| ♀ condylobasal length | 56 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1923 |
| ♂ condylobasal length | 50 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1923 |
| ♀ ear length | 38 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1901 |
| ♀ ear length | 38 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1901 |
| ♀ ear length | 39 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1901 |
| ♀ ear length | 38 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1901 |
| ♀ ear length | 32 mm | N = 1 | Medellín et al. 1992 |
| ♀ ear length | 33 mm | N = 1 | Medellín et al. 1992 |
| ♀ ear length | 37 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1923 |
| ♀ ear length | 36.5 mm | N = 32 | da Fonseca and Kierulff 1988 |
| ♂ ear length | 38 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1901 |
| ♂ ear length | 38.5 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1901 |
| ♂ ear length | 29 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1923 |
| ♂ ear length | 37.4 mm | N = 50 | da Fonseca and Kierulff 1988 |
| ear length | 35 mm | N = 71 | Richard-Hansen et al. 1999 |
| ♀ head and body length | 225 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1901 |
| ♀ head and body length | 225 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1901 |
| ♀ head and body length | 240 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1901 |
| ♀ head and body length | 238 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1901 |
| ♀ head and body length | 255 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1923 |
| ♀ head and body length | 232.1 mm | N = 32 | da Fonseca and Kierulff 1988 |
| ♂ head and body length | 240 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1901 |
| ♂ head and body length | 243 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1901 |
| ♂ head and body length | 238 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1923 |
| ♂ head and body length | 240 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1923 |
| ♂ head and body length | 252.0 mm | N = 51 | da Fonseca and Kierulff 1988 |
| head and body length | 275 mm | N = 71 | Richard-Hansen et al. 1999 |
| ♀ hind foot length | 40 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1901 |
| ♀ hind foot length | 40 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1901 |
| ♀ hind foot length | 41 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1901 |
| ♀ hind foot length | 42 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1901 |
| ♀ hind foot length | 45 mm | N = 1 | Medellín et al. 1992 |
| ♀ hind foot length | 47 mm | N = 1 | Medellín et al. 1992 |
| ♀ hind foot length | 40 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1923 |
| ♀ hind foot length | 42.3 mm | N = 32 | da Fonseca and Kierulff 1988 |
| ♂ hind foot length | 43 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1901 |
| ♂ hind foot length | 42 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1901 |
| ♂ hind foot length | 39 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1923 |
| ♂ hind foot length | 38 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1923 |
| ♂ hind foot length | 44.9 mm | N = 51 | da Fonseca and Kierulff 1988 |
| hind foot length | 46 mm | N = 71 | Richard-Hansen et al. 1999 |
| ♀ skull length | 54 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1901 |
| ♀ skull length | 55 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1901 |
| ♀ skull width | 28 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1901 |
| ♀ skull width | 28 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1901 |
| ♀ tail length | 273 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1901 |
| ♀ tail length | 273 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1901 |
| ♀ tail length | 290 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1901 |
| ♀ tail length | 300 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1901 |
| ♀ tail length | 329 mm | N = 1 | Medellín et al. 1992 |
| ♀ tail length | 335 mm | N = 1 | Medellín et al. 1992 |
| ♀ tail length | 315 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1923 |
| ♀ tail length | 315.9 mm | N = 31 | da Fonseca and Kierulff 1988 |
| ♂ tail length | 298 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1901 |
| ♂ tail length | 308 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1901 |
| ♂ tail length | 259 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1923 |
| ♂ tail length | 260 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1923 |
| ♂ tail length | 324.1 mm | N = 51 | da Fonseca and Kierulff 1988 |
| tail length | 345 mm | N = 71 | Richard-Hansen et al. 1999 |
| ♀ total body length | 498 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1901 |
| ♀ total body length | 550 mm | N = 1 | Medellín et al. 1992 |
| ♀ upper tooth row length | 19.5 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1901 |
| ♀ upper tooth row length | 20 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1901 |
See also Metachirus