Assessment of sexual dimorphism (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae), a rabies reservoir in Latin America.

Morphometric traits of a host have been used recently in disease ecology for a deeper understanding of the connection between phenotype and transmission rates. The common vampire bat, is the main reservoir of rabies in Latin America, one of the most lethal zoonotic diseases in the world. Comprehension of morphological variation in is insufficient, contradictory, and inconclusive.