Diversification of feeding strategies within each of the 19 chiropteran families (Hoofer and Van Den Bussche, 2003; Van Den Bussche and Hoofer, 2004; Simmons, 2005) typically is limited to one (13 families) or two (five families) food sources. The family Phyllostomidae, however, represents an exception to this pattern with six distinct feeding strategies: sanguivory, insectivory, frugivory, nectivory, carnivory (feeding on vertebrates) and omnivory.