Enchisthenes hartii

(O. Thomas, 1892)

Velvety 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 : Enchisthenes

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

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.

Original 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 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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