Greater Spear-Nosed Bat Social Interaction Data from Trinidad

Datasets needed to replicate analyses on affiliative and agonistic interactions in greater spear-nosed bats (Phyllostomus hastatus) living in Trinidad, West Indies. The collection comprises five CSV files totaling 73.5 KB, published under a CC-BY-4.0 license by author Severine Hex and last updated on 2026-05-15.

Use Cases

• Comparing aggression duration and frequency between harem and bachelor groups based on Dataset S1 and S2.
• Analyzing allogrooming behavior rates and durations across social group types based on Dataset S3 and S4.
• Modeling the binary presence or absence of allogrooming in observation sessions based on Dataset S5.
• Reproducing statistical analyses from the associated manuscript on sex-biased social structures.

Strengths

• Data is structured into five specific CSV files for distinct analysis components.
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.
• Explicitly linked to a peer-reviewed manuscript for methodological context.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The total data size is 73.5 KB, indicating a limited scope and sample size.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Likely contains observational data from video analysis of bat groups.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 13:02:10; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Trinidad, West Indies