Enchisthenes hartii
(O. Thomas, 1892)
Velvety Fruit-eating Bat

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 387
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Chiroptera |
| Suborder | : Yangochiroptera |
| Superfamily | : Noctilionoidea |
| Family | : Phyllostomidae |
| Subfamily | : Stenodermatinae |
| Tribe | : Stenodermatini |
| Genus | : Enchisthenes |
Species status
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1892-11-01. Description of a new bat of the genus Artibeus from Trinidad. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)10(59):408-410.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27659014Original name as described
Artibeus Hartii
Other common names
Hart's Little Fruit Bat
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1892.9.7.8
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a31343d0-d79c-45f1-9616-1feb17a9f025Type locality
"Trinidad, " Trinidad and Tobago. Restricted by O. Thomas in 1893 to Botanic Gardens, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad.
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic · Neotropic
Country distribution
United States? · Mexico · Guatemala · El Salvador · Honduras · Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama · Colombia · Venezuela · Trinidad and Tobago · Ecuador · Peru · Bolivia
Subregion distribution
USA(AZ?)
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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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.
Total: 6 names and synonyms.
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