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Artibeus jamaicensis (Jamaican fruit bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Phyllostomidae

Taxonomy
Artibeus jamaicensis was named by Leach (1821). It is extant.

It was recombined as Artibeus (Artibeus) jamaicensis by Wilson and Reeder (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1821Artibeus jamaicensis Leach
1968Artibeus jamaicensis Choate and Birney
1970Artibeus jamaicensis Dalquest and Roth p. 222
2005Artibeus (Artibeus) jamaicensis Wilson and Reeder

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
orderChiropteraBlumenbach 1779
suborderYangochiropteraKoopman 1984
superfamilyNoctilionoideaGray 1821
familyPhyllostomidaeGray 1825
genusArtibeusLeach 1821
speciesjamaicensisLeach 1821

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.

Artibeus jamaicensis Leach 1821 [Jamaican fruit bat]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available