Artibeus

Artibeus jamaicensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yangochiroptera Superfamilia: Noctilionoidea

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

Artibeus Leach, 1821: 74

• Type species: Artibeus jamaicensis Leach, 1821, by monotypy.

Synonymy

• Madateus Leach, 1821
• Arctibeus Gray, 1838
• Artibius Bonaparte, 1847
• Artibaeus Gervais, 1856
• Pteroderma Gervais, 1856
• Artobius Winge, 1892

References

Primary references

• 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

• 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

English: Neotropical Fruit Bats