Common Names
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Common Names in Czech:
Listonos Plodožravý, Vampýr Plodožravý
Common Names in English:
Jamaican Fruit-Eating Bat
Common Names in Spanish:
Murciélago-Frutero De Jamaica
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 4,535 meters (0 to 14,879 feet).Mean = 407.900 meters (1,338.255 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,008.130 based on 549 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Biome: Terrestrial
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Mammals
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible Et Al., 1995) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) Mckenna, in Stucky & Mckenna, in Benton, Ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Archonta
()
- (Gregory, 1910) Mckenna, 1975
- Order:
Chiroptera
()
- Blumenbach, 1779
- Bats
- Suborder:
Microchiroptera
()
- Dobson, 1875
- Infraorder:
Yangochiroptera
()
- Koopman, 1984
- Superfamily:
Noctilionoidea
()
- (Gray, 1821) Van Valen, 1979
- Family:
Phyllostomidae
()
- (Gray, 1825) Waterhouse, 1839:1
- Subfamily:
Stenodermatinae
()
- Tribe:
Stenodermatini
()
- Genus:
Artibeus
()
- Leach, 1821
- Specific name:
jamaicensis
- Leach, 1821
- Scientific name: - Artibeus jamaicensis Leach, 1821
- Specific name:
jamaicensis
- Leach, 1821
- Genus:
Artibeus
(
- Tribe:
Stenodermatini
(
- Subfamily:
Stenodermatinae
(
- Family:
Phyllostomidae
(
- Superfamily:
Noctilionoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Yangochiroptera
(
- Suborder:
Microchiroptera
(
- Order:
Chiroptera
(
- Grandorder:
Archonta
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 06-Aug-2004
Similar Species
Members of the genus Artibeus
There are approximately 64 species in this genus:
A. achradophilus · A. amplus (Large Fruit-Eating Bat) · A. anderseni (Andersen's Fruit-Eating Bat) · A. aztecus (Aztec Fruit-Eating Bat) · A. aztecus aztecus · A. bogotensis · A. carpolegus · A. cinereus (Gervais' Fruit-Eating Bat) · A. cinereus watsoni · A. concolor (Brown Fruit-Eating Bat) · A. fallax · A. fimbriatus (Fringed Fruit-Eating Bat) · A. fraterculus (Fraternal Fruit-Eating Bat) · A. fuliginosus · A. glaucus (Silver Fruit-Eating Bat) · A. glaucus watsoni · A. gnomus · A. harti · A. hartii (Hart's Fruit-Eating Bat) · A. hercules · A. hirsutus (Hairy Fruit-Eating Bat) · A. incomitatus (Neotropical Fruit Bats) · A. inopinatus (Honduran Fruit-Eating Bat) · A. intermedius (Neotropical Fruit Bats) · A. intermedius intermedius · artibeus jamaicencis · A. jamaicensis (Jamaican Fruit-Eating Bat) · A. jamaicensis aequatorialis · A. jamaicensis jamaicensis · A. jamaicensis parvipes · A. jamaicensis paulus · A. jamaicensis planirostris · A. jamaicensis richardsoni · A. jamaicensis schwartzi · A. jamaicensis trinitatis · A. jamaicensis triomylis · A. jamaicensis triomylus · A. jamaicensis yucatanicus · A. jamaicensis yucatenicus · A. leucomus · A. lituratus (Great Fruit-Eating Bat) · A. lituratus lituratus · A. lituratus palmarum · A. nanus · A. obscurus (Dark Fruit-Eating Bat) · A. phaeotis (Dwarf Fruit-Eating Bat) · A. phaeotis palatinus · A. phaeotis phaeotis · A. planirostris (Flat-Faced Fruit-Eating Bat) · A. planirostris fallax · A. planirostris grenadensis · A. planirostris hercules · A. planirostris trinitatis · A. pumilio · A. quadrivittatus · A. rosenbergi · A. sulphureus · A. tolteca hespera · A. toltecus (Lowland Fruit-Eating Bat) · A. toltecus hesperus · A. toltecus toltecus · A. turpis · A. vittatus · A. watsoni
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. Artibeus jamaicensis. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 14 January 2007.
- Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 17 providers.
- Universal Biological Indexer and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 17, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 02, 2008:
- Burke Museum: Mammal Specimens
- Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad: Colección de MamÃferos de la Sierra Volcánica Transversal de México (UAM-I)
- Field Museum: Mammal specimens
- GBIF-Spain: Estacion Biologica Donana - CSIC, Mammal Collection
- GBIF-Sweden: Mammals (NRM)
- James R. Slater Museum of Natural History: Terrestrial vertebrates
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
- Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science: Mammal specimens
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database
- Michigan State University Museum: Vertebrate specimens
- Museum of Texas Tech University (TTU): Mammal specimens
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
- Royal Ontario Museum: Mammal specimens
- Sternberg Museum of Natural History: Mammal Collection
- UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNMA/Coleccion Nacional de Mamiferos
- University of Alaska Museum of the North: University of New Mexico Museum of Southwestern Biology Mammal Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ): Mammal specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2477509
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-180058
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 241605
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 180058
- IUCN ID: 2135
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 812
