Artibeus jamaicensis

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: Artibeus jamaicensis
Subspecies (6): A. j. jamaicensis – A. j. parvipes – A. j. paulus – A. j. richardsoni – A. j. triomylus – A. j. yucatanicus

Name

Artibeus jamaicensis Leach, 1821: 75

• Holotype: BMNH GMCM 4a.
• Type locality: “Jamaica”.

Synonyms

• macleayii Dobson, 1878 [nomen nudum]

Native distribution areas

• Mexico (Michoacan, Sinaloa, and Tamaulipas) to Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela
• Greater and Lesser Antilles, South Bahamas

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. 

Links

• Miller, B., Reid, F., Arroyo-Cabrales, J., Cuarón, A.D. & de Grammont, P.C. 2016. IUCN: Artibeus jamaicensis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T88109731A21995883. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T88109731A21995883.en. Accessed on 28 February 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat