Overview
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Critically Endangered |
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Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Neotropical Fruit Bats, Solitary Fruit-eating Bat
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology:
Frugivorous
. Probably similar to other lowlands Artibeus.
[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 18 Unknown [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Archonta
()
- (Gregory, 1910) McKenna, 1975
- Order:
Chiroptera
()
- Blumenbach, 1779
- Suborder:
Microchiroptera
()
- Dobson, 1875
- Infraorder:
Yangochiroptera
()
- Koopman, 1984
- Superfamily:
Noctilionoidea
()
- (Gray, 1821) Van Valen, 1979
- Family:
Phyllostomidae
()
- (Gray, 1825) Waterhouse, 1839
- Subfamily:
Stenodermatinae
()
- Tribe:
Stenodermatini
()
- Subtribe:
Stenodermatina
()
- Genus:
Artibeus
()
- Leach, 1821
- Specific name:
incomitatus
- Kalko & Handley, 1994
- Scientific name: - Artibeus incomitatus Kalko & Handley, 1994
- Specific name:
incomitatus
- Kalko & Handley, 1994
- Genus:
Artibeus
(
- Subtribe:
Stenodermatina
(
- Tribe:
Stenodermatini
(
- Subfamily:
Stenodermatinae
(
- Family:
Phyllostomidae
(
- Superfamily:
Noctilionoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Yangochiroptera
(
- Suborder:
Microchiroptera
(
- Order:
Chiroptera
(
- Grandorder:
Archonta
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Subgenus Dermanura. Closely related to watsoni; see Kalko and Handley (1994). This subgenus has been recognized as a distinct genus on molecular grounds (Lim et al. 2004), but there are no diagnostic morphological differences from Artibeus. [1].
Similar Species
Members of the genus Artibeus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 26 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. amplus (Large Fruit-Eating Bat) · A. anderseni (Andersen's Fruit-Eating Bat) · A. aztecus (Highland Fruit-Eating Bat) · A. aztecus aztecus (Aztec Fruit-Eating Bat) · A. cinereus (Gervais' Fruit-Eating Bat) · A. concolor (Brown Fruit-Eating Bat) · A. fimbriatus (Fringed Fruit-Eating Bat) · A. fraterculus (Fraternal Fruit-Eating Bat) · A. glaucus (Silver Fruit-Eating Bat) · A. gnomus (Dwarf Fruit-Eating Bat) · A. hartii (Little Fruit-Eating Bat) · A. hirsutus (Hairy Fruit-Eating Bat) · A. incomitatus (Solitary Fruit-Eating Bat) · A. inopinatus (Honduran Fruit-Eating Bat) · A. intermedius (Neotropical Fruit Bats) · A. jamaicensis (Jamaican Fruit-Eating Bat) · A. jamaicensis jamaicensis (Jamaican Fruit-Eating Bat) · A. lituratus (Great Fruit-Eating Bat) · A. lituratus lituratus (Great Fruit-Eating Bat) · A. obscurus (Dark Fruit-Eating Bat) · A. phaeotis (Dwarf Fruit-Eating Bat) · A. phaeotis phaeotis (Dwarf Fruit-Eating Bat) · A. planirostris (Flat-Faced Fruit-Eating Bat) · A. toltecus (Lowland Fruit-Eating Bat) · A. toltecus toltecus (Toltec Fruit-Eating Bat) · A. watsoni (Thomas's Fruit-Eating Bat)
More Info
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Further Reading
- Kalko, E. K. V. and Handley, C. O. 1994. Evolution, biogeography, and description of a new species of fruit-eating bat, genus Artibeus Leach (1821), from Panamá. Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 59: 257-273.
- Lim, B. K., Engstrom, M. D., Lee Jr., T. E., Patton, J. C. and Bickham, J. W. 2004. Molecular differentiation of large species of fruit-eating bats (Artibeus) and phylogenetic relationships based on the cytochrome b gene. Acta Chiropterologica 6: 1-12.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 31, 2012.
- Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. Artibeus incomitatus. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 14 January 2007.
- Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Pino, J. & Samudio, R. 2008. Artibeus incomitatus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2477507
- IUCN ID: 192852
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 810
Footnotes
- Pino, J. & Samudio, R. 2008. Artibeus incomitatus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]
