Artibeus aequatorialis

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 aequatorialis

Name

Artibeus aequatorialis Andersen, 1906

• Holotype: BMNH 1900.2.9.13, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by Perry O. Simons on 17 June 1899.
• Type locality: “Zaruma, Loja [Loja Province], S. Ecuador, 1000 m”.

Combinations

• Artibeus jamaicensis aequatorialis Andersen, 1906: 421 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Artibeus aequatorialis — Larsen, Marchán-Rivadeneira & Baker, 2010: 51 [subsequent combination, elevated to species]

Native distribution areas

• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Peru

References

Primary references

• Andersen, K. 1906. Brief diagnoses of a new genus and ten new forms of Stenodermatous bats. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 7 18: 419–423. BHL
• 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: Ecuadorian Fruit-eating Bat