Artibeus schwartzi

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 Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yangochiroptera Superfamilia: Noctilionoidea

Familia: Phyllostomidae
Subfamilia: Stenodermatinae
Tribus: Stenodermatini
Genus: Artibeus
Species: Artibeus schwartzi

Name

Artibeus schwartzi Jones, 1978

• Holotype: KU 110176, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by J. Knox Jones Jr. on 24 August 1967.
• Type locality: “Mesopotamia, 350 ft. [= 107 m], Charlotte Parish, St. Vincent”, Lesser Antilles.

Combinations

• Artibeus jamaicensis schwartzi Jones, 1978: 2 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Artibeus schwartzi — Larsen et al., 2007: 720 [subsequent combination, elevated to species]

Native distribution areas

• St. Kitts and Névis
• Montserrat
• St. Lucia
• Barbados
• St. Vicent and Grenadines
• Grenada

References

Primary references

• Jones, Jr., J.K. 1978. A new bat of the genus Artibeus from the lesser Antillean island of St. Vincent. Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University 51: 1–9. BHL Reference page. 
• 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. 

Vernacular names

English: Schwartz's Fruit-eating Bat