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: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida 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: Artibeus amplus

Name

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”.

Native distribution areas

• Suriname
• Guyana
• Venezuela
• Colombia

References

Primary references

• 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

Additional references

• 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. 

Links

• 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.

Vernacular names

English: Large Fruit-eating Bat