Artibeus
Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: Phyllostomidae
Subfamilia: Stenodermatinae
Tribus: Stenodermatini
Genus: Artibeus
Species (13):
A. aequatorialis –
A. amplus –
A. concolor –
A. fimbriatus –
A. fraterculus –
A. hirsutus –
A. inopinatus –
A. intermedius –
A. jamaicensis –
A. lituratus –
A. obscurus –
A. planirostris –
A. schwartzi
Name
[edit]- Type species: Artibeus jamaicensis Leach, 1821, by monotypy.
Synonymy
[edit]- Madateus Leach, 1821
- Arctibeus Gray, 1838
- Artibius Bonaparte, 1847
- Artibaeus Gervais, 1856
- Pteroderma Gervais, 1856
- Artobius Winge, 1892
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Leach, W.E. 1821. The Characters of seven Genera of Bats with foliaceous Appendages to the Nose. The Transactions of the Linnaean Society of London 13: 73–82. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- Larsen, P.A., Hoofer, S.R., Bozeman, M.C., Pedersen, S.C., Genoways, H.H., Phillips, C.J., Pumo, D.E. & Baker, R.J. 2007. Phylogenetics and Phylogeography of the Artibeus jamaicensis Complex Based on Cytochrome-b DNA Sequences. Journal of Mammalogy 88(3): 712–727. DOI: 10.1644/06-MAMM-A-125R.1
Reference page. - Redondo, R.A.F., Brina, L.P.S., Silva, R.F., Ditchfield, A.D. & Santos, F.R. 2008. Molecular systematics of the genus Artibeus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49(1): 44–58. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.07.001
Reference page. - Larsen, P.A., Marchán-Rivadeneira, M.R. & Baker, R.J. 2010. Taxonomic status of Andersen’s fruit-eating bat (Artibeus jamaicensis aequatorialis) and revised classification of Artibeus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). Zootaxa 2648(1): 45–60. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2648.1.3 Reference page.
Vernacular names
[edit]English: Neotropical Fruit Bats