Artibeus amplus
Handley, 1987
Large Fruit-eating Bat
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Chiroptera |
| Suborder | : Vespertilioniformes |
| Superfamily | : Noctilionoidea |
| Family | : Phyllostomidae |
| Subfamily | : Stenodermatinae |
| Tribe | : Stenodermatini |
| Genus | : Artibeus |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Handley, C.O., Jr. 1987-12-31. New species of mammals from northern South America: fruit-eating bats, genus Artibeus Leach. Fieldiana Zoology (n.s.)39:163-172.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4465288Original name as described
Artibeus amplus
Other common names
Giant Artibeus · Giant Fruit-eating Bat
Type material
USNM:MAMM:440932
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f21f91e2-3438-4d63-9eea-4270342e76e5Type 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."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Colombia · Venezuela · Guyana · Suriname · Brazil?
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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