Artibeus obscurus

(H. R. Schinz, 1821)

Dark 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

Schinz, H.R. 1821. Das Thierreich eingetheilt nach dem Bau der Thiere als Grundlage ihrer Naturgeschichte und der vergleichenden Anatomie. J. G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung, Stuttgart, 894 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528921

Original name as described

Phyllostoma obscurum

Other common names

Dark Artibeus · Black Artibeus

Type material

AMNH MS-1334

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-1334

Type locality

"Ostküste von Brasilien." Identified by M. P. zu Wied-Neuwied in 1826 as "Villa Viçosa [= Marobá] am Flusse [= River] Peruhype," Bahia, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Venezuela · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Ecuador · Peru · Brazil · Bolivia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005013

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.

Phyllostoma obscurum

(H. R. Schinz, 1821)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

obscurus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH MS-1334

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-1334

Authority page

164

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528921

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

  1. Schinz (1821:164, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528921) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  2. Fischer (1829:129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  3. Lesson (1842:31) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Arctibeus fuliginosus

J. E. Gray, 1838

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

fuliginosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

487

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026390

Authority publication

Magazine of Zoology and Botany

Name usages

  1. Gray (1838:487, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026390) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34750)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Artibeus davisi

Patten, 1971

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

davisi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unpublished_thesis

Type

LACM:Mamm:74991

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/lacm/mammals?id=2d4cee02-0677-493c-847e-723bd41170d0

Authority page

12

Authority publication

Texas A&M University

Artibeus fuliginosus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

fuliginosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

60

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:60) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:152) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Owen (1987:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55010682) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17399)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:66) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Sánchez-Palomino, Rivas Pava & Cadena (1993:306) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34667)

Artibeus obscurus

Koopman, 1993

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

obscurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

189

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1993:189) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  2. Anderson (1997:232) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
  3. Reis, Peracchi & Sekiama (1999:504) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40441)
  4. Montenegro & Romero-Ruiz (2000:645) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34683)
  5. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #2137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #2137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:574) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005013) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/2137/21998064) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

A. j. fuliginosus

Koopman, 1994

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

fuliginosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

91

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Koopman (1994:91) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

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