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Artibeus (Neotropical fruit bat)
Taxonomy
Artibeus was named by Leach (1821). It is extant.
It was assigned to Phyllostomatidae by Palmer (1904) and Choate and Birney (1968); to Stenodermatini by Wilson and Reeder (2005); and to Stenodermatinae by Salles et al. (2006).
It was assigned to Phyllostomatidae by Palmer (1904) and Choate and Birney (1968); to Stenodermatini by Wilson and Reeder (2005); and to Stenodermatinae by Salles et al. (2006).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1821 | Artibeus Leach |
| 1904 | Artibeus Palmer p. 801 |
| 1968 | Artibeus Choate and Birney |
| 2005 | Artibeus Wilson and Reeder |
| 2006 | Artibeus Salles et al. p. 7 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Artibeus Leach 1821 [Neotropical fruit bat]
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Subg. Artibeus (Artibeus) Leach 1821
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Artibeus (Artibeus) obscurus Schinz 1821 [Dark fruit-eating bat]
Artibeus jamaicensis Leach 1821 [Jamaican fruit bat]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Simmons et al. 2008, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Cuba (Pinar del Río) | Artibeus anthonyi, Artibeus jamaicensis (78640) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | Cuba (Pinar del Rio) | Artibeus anthonyi (92812) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Brazil (Goiás) | Artibeus indet., Artibeus obscurus (211821) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Brazil (Piaui) | Artibeus jamaicensis (71332) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Mexico (Tamaulipas) | Artibeus jamaicensis (71264) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Puerto Rico | Artibeus jamaicensis (194492 231343) | |
| Holocene | Venezuela (Guarico) | Artibeus jamaicensis (21686) |