Artibeus jamaicensis

Leach, 1821

Jamaican 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

Leach, W.E. 1821-06-21. The characters of seven genera of bats with foliaceous appendages to the nose. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 13(1):73-82.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/754802

Original name as described

Artibeus Jamaicensis

Other common names

Jamaican Artibeus

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:4a

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/97eaedc2-8968-4d7f-b960-257b10655ed0

Type locality

"Jamaica."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

United States · Mexico · Guatemala · Belize · Honduras · El Salvador · Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama · Colombia · Bahamas · Cayman Islands · Jamaica · Haiti · Dominican Republic · Cuba · Puerto Rico · British Virgin Islands · Antigua and Barbuda · Anguilla · Barbados · Dominica · Grenada · Guadeloupe · Martinique · Montserrat · Saint Kitts and Nevis · Saint Lucia · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Aruba

Subregion distribution

USA(FL)

Taxonomy notes

previously included A. planirostris, A. aequatorialis, and A. schwartzi; includes triomylus, which was recently regarded as a distinct species

Taxonomy notes citation

Larsen, P. A., Hoofer, S. R., Bozeman, M. C., Pedersen, S. C., Genoways, H. H., Phillips, C. J., ... & 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. · Larsen, P. A., Marchan-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.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005011

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Artibeus yucatanicus

J. A. Allen, 1904

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

yucatanicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-12038, AMNH MO-10469

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-12038

Authority page

232

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Artibeus insularis

J. A. Allen, 1904

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

insularis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-19597

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-19597

Authority page

231

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Artibeus jamaicensis richardsoni

J. A. Allen, 1908

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

richardsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-28335

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-28335

Authority page

669

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27046506

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:573) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Artibeus coryi

J. A. Allen, 1890

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

coryi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH MO-2376, AMNH MS-1648

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-mo-2376 http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-1648

Authority page

173

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Artibeus parvipes

Rehn, 1902

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

parvipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ANSP 5494

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

639

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24686577

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Dermanura eva

(Cope, 1889)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

eva

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ANSP 5783

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

130

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41650900

Authority publication

The American Naturalist

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Artibeus carpolegus

Gosse, 1851

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

carpolegus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1847.12.27.13

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/dc55928b-e0cc-4f96-90e9-1f6e8aaf3686

Authority page

271

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24081323

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Artibeus macleayii

Dobson, 1878

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

macleayii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum · not_usedasvalid

Type

BMNH:Mamm:2003.59, BMNH:Mamm:2003.60, BMNH:Mamm:2003.61, BMNH:Mamm:2003.62

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0060b73b-3ec5-4503-9583-694c07e4591e https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0c74ec9e-bf5f-41a9-b8c8-a2d3291b5a38 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/34e7af5e-48a1-4392-bcba-94651d4cdfe5 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e1c75815-5930-4710-a765-43c9d3366301

Authority page

520

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37695586

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Artibeus Jamaicensis

Leach, 1821

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

jamaicensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:4a

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/97eaedc2-8968-4d7f-b960-257b10655ed0

Authority page

75

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/754802

Authority publication

Transactions of the Linnean Society of London

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:81, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207549) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Gray (1866:116, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28627564) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37063)
  3. Goodwin (1946:324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  4. Thomas (1972:150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/50336)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1980:60) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  6. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:152) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  7. Owen (1987:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55010682) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17399)
  8. Reis & Muller (1995:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34685)
  9. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  10. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:423) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #2135) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #2135) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  13. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:573) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  14. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005011) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  15. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/88109731/21995883) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Madataeus Lewisii

(Leach, 1821)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

lewisii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:4b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/044c9c49-d87c-4f70-805a-3e66c477de61

Authority page

82

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/754810

Authority publication

Transactions of the Linnean Society of London

Artibeus jamaicensis paulus

W. B. Davis, 1970

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

paulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TCWC:Mamm:21953

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

119

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:573) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Artibeus jamaicensis præceps

Andersen, 1906

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

praeceps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:113503

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/35eb8d93b-f307-44af-a55d-4c0b89296873

Authority page

421

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19366682

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Artibeus jamaicensis triomylus

Handley, 1966

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

triomylus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:126554

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31672bcb2-8d5d-4df4-96de-025e8137606c

Authority page

299

Authority publication

Anales del Instituto de Biología. Serie Zoología

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:573) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Madateus Lewisii

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

lewisii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

78

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207546

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:78, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207546) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1842:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Phyllostoma jamaïcense

(P. Gervais, 1837)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

jamaicense

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

253

Authority publication

L'Institut

Name usages

  1. Gervais (1837:253) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67308)
  2. Gervais (1837:61, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13395153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38619)
  3. Smith (1842:127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)

Arctibeus Jamaicensis

J. E. Gray, 1839

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

jamaicensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

2

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42895715

Authority publication

Annals of Natural History

Name usages

Gray (1839:2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42895715) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20193)

Artibeus jamaicensis jamaicensis

Simmons, 2005

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

jamaicensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1972:150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/50336)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:573) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

lewisi

Simmons, 2005

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

lewisi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

419

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005:419) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Artibeus jamaicensis parvipes

Simmons, 2005

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

parvipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:573) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Artibeus jamaicensis yucatanicus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

yucatanicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:573) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Artibeus jamaicensis yucatanensis

Hatt, 1938

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

yucatanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

335

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

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