Artibeus fimbriatus

J. E. Gray, 1838

Fringed 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

Gray, J.E. 1838-02-01. A revision of the genera of bats (Vespertilionidae), and the description of some new genera and species. Magazine of Zoology and Botany 2(12):483-505.

Original name as described

Arctibeus fimbriatus

Other common names

Fringed-lipped Artibeus

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1838.10.11.50, BMNH:Mamm:1842.8.17.13, BMNH:Mamm:9a

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

"Brazil." Restricted by C. O. Handley, Jr. in 1990 to "Morretes, at the coastal foot of the Serra do Mar, state of Paraná," Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil · Paraguay · Argentina

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Country distribution map

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