Artibeus amplus

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

Artibeus amplus Handley, 1987: 164

Holotype: USNM 440932, adult ♀, skin and skull, collected by Norman E. Peterson, F.P. Brown Jr. and J.O. Matson on 15 April 1968.
Type locality: “Kasmera, 21 km SW Machiques, Estado Zulia, Venezuela, 270 m, in a damp cave in a cliff across the Río Yasa from the Kasmera Biological Station, eastern foothills of the Sierra de Perijá”.

Handley, Jr., C.O. 1987. New Species of Mammals from Northern South America: Fruit-Eating Bats, Genus Artibeus Leach. Fieldiana Zoology, new series 39: 163–172. BHL

Lim, B.K. & Wilson, D.E. 1993. Taxonomic Status of Artibeus amplus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in Northern South America. Journal of Mammalogy 74(3): 763–768. DOI: 10.2307/1382300 Reference page.

Solari, S. 2018. IUCN: Artibeus amplus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T2121A22000620. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T2121A22000620.en. Accessed on 28 February 2024.

English: Large Fruit-eating Bat