Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Neotropical Fruit Bats
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,458 meters (0 to 8,064 feet).[1]
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:
intermedius
- ?
- Scientific name: - Artibeus intermedius ?
- Specific name:
intermedius
- ?
- 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
(
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)
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Further Reading
- A catalogue of the collection of mammals in the Field Columbian Museum. 1907 8 Chicago: Field Columbian Museum, 1907. url fig. lxxiii , p. 536.
- A check list of mammals of the North American continent, the West Indies and the neighboring seas. Chicago, 1905. url p. 523, p. 523, p. 554, p. 554.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 47, p. 79.
- Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. New YorkAmerican Museum of Natural History1881- url p. 33, p. 48, p. 673.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 213, p. 213, p. 41, p. 41, p. 42.
- Collected writings on mammals. [v.p.]1870-1908. url p. 232, p. 669, p. 79.
- List of North American land mammals in the United States National Museum, 1911; by Gerrit S. Miller, jr. Washington, Govt. print. off., 1912. url p. 47.
- Publication. Field Columbian Museum. Chicago, U.S.A.: The Museum, 1895-1909. url p. 523, p. 554, p. 693, p. 750, p. 750, p. 779, p. 779.
- Studies in neotropical mammalogy: essays in honor of Philip Hershkovitz / edited by Bruce D. Patterson, Robert M. Timm. 39 1987 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1987. url p. 162.
- Systematic results of the study of North American land mammals to the close of the year 1900, by Gerrit S. Miller, Jr., and James A. G. Rehn. Boston, Society of Natural History, 1901. url p. 289.
- The land and sea mammals of Middle America and the West Indies. 4 1904 Chicago: Field Columbian Museum, 1904. url p. 779.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 31, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 16, 2007:
- Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad, Colección de Mamíferos de la Sierra Volcánica Transversal de México
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Vertebrate specimens
- Royal Ontario Museum, Mammal specimens
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
- , Mammal specimens
- University of Minnesota Bell Museum of Natural History, Mammal specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5954588
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13765784
- IUCN ID: 2134
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 811
Footnotes
- Mean = 336.170 meters (1,102.920 feet), Standard Deviation = 822.340 based on 206 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
