Artibeus Leach 1821 (Neotropical fruit bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Phyllostomidae

Synonym: Arctibeus Gray 1825

Parent taxon: Phyllostomatidae according to J. R. Choate and E. C. Birney 1968

See also Gray 1825, Palmer 1904, Salles et al. 2006 and Wilson and Reeder 2005

Sister taxa: Carolliinae, Desmodontinae, Lonchophyllinae, Lophostoma, Macrophyllum, Micronycteris, Mimon, Phylloderma, Phyllostominae, Stenodermatinae, Trachops, Uroderma, Macrotus, Erophylla, Stenoderma, Mormoops, Phyllostomatinae, Brachyphylla, Phyllonycteris, Lonchophylla, Notonycteris, Glossophaginae

Subtaxa: Artibeus (Artibeus) Artibeus jamaicensis

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Ecology: volant omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Brazil (2 collections), Cuba (2), Mexico (1), Venezuela (1)

Total: 6 collections including 8 occurrences

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