Dermanura rava
G. S. Miller, 1902
Little 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 | : Dermanura |
Species status
Authority citation
Miller, G.S., Jr. 1902-09-12. Twenty new American bats. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 54(2):389-412.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10309535Original name as described
Dermanura rava
Other common names
Amber Fruit-eating Bat · Yellowish Little Fruit-eating Bat
Type material
USNM:MAMM:113338
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/373e4b913-d937-4367-8702-ceaa68acc042Type locality
"San Javier [Esmeraldas], northern Ecuador."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Colombia · Ecuador · Peru
Taxonomy notes
split from A. phaeotis; moved to Dermanura from Artibeus, although some recent publications do not agree with this split, there seems to be more publications using this revised taxonomy rather than leaving all species under Artibeus
Taxonomy notes citation
Solari, S., Hoofer, S. R., Larsen, P. A., Brown, A. D., Bull, R. J., Guerrero, J. A., ... & Baker, R. J. (2009). Operational criteria for genetically defined species: analysis of the diversification of the small fruit-eating bats, Dermanura (Phyllostomidae: Stenodermatinae). Acta Chiropterologica, 11(2), 279-288. · Hoofer, S. R., Solari, S., Larsen, P. A., Bradley, R. D., & Baker, R. J. (2008). Phylogenetics of the fruit-eating bats (Phyllostomidae: Artibeina) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Texas Tech University, 277, 1-15. · Wilson D.E. & Mittermeier R.A. 2019. Handbook of the mammals of the world. Vol. 9. Bats. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. · York, H. A., Rodríguez-Herrera, B., Laval, R. K., Timm, R. M., & Lindsay, K. E. (2019). Field key to the bats of Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Journal of Mammalogy, 100(6), 1726-1749. · Turcios-Casco, M. A., Ávila-Palma, H. D., LaVal, R. К., Stevens, R. D., Ordoñez-Trejo, E. J., Soler-Orellana, J. A., & Ordoñez-Mazier, D. I. (2020). A systematic revision of the bats (Chiroptera) of Honduras: an updated checklist with corroboration of historical specimens and new records. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 96, 411. ·
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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