Artibeus intermedius
J. A. Allen, 1897
Intermediate 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
Authority citation
Allen, J.A. 1897-03-11. Additional notes on Costa Rican mammals, with descriptions of new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 9(3):31-44.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27046591Original name as described
Artibeus intermedius
Type material
AMNH MO-7935, AMNH MS-9594
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
San José, Department of San José, Costa Rica (c. 3400 ft).
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic · Neotropic
Country distribution
Mexico · Guatemala · Honduras · El Salvador · Belize · Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama
Taxonomy notes
split from A. literatus, although the taxon is still regularly considered a synonym of A. lituratus; limited molecular and morphological distinctions currently justify the recognition of this species
Taxonomy notes citation
Redondo, R. A., Brina, L. P., Silva, R. F., Ditchfield, A. D., & Santos, F. R. (2008). Molecular systematics of the genus Artibeus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 49(1), 44-58. · Larsen, P. A., Marchán-Rivadeneira, M. R., & Baker, R. J. (2013). Speciation dynamics of the fruit-eating bats (genus Artibeus): with evidence of ecological divergence in Central American populations. In Bat evolution, ecology, and conservation (pp. 315-339). Springer, New York, NY. · 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. · Simmons NB, Cirranello AL (2020) Bat species of the world: A taxonomic and geographic database. https://batnames.org · 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
Not Evaluated
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