Artibeus

	Artibeus The Neotropical fruit bats (''Artibeus'') are a genus of bats within the subfamily Stenodermatinae. The genus consists of 12 species, which are native to Central America, Central and South America, as well as the Caribbean. Description These bats grow to an average length of 5 to 10 cm, and a weight of 10 to 85 g. The fur is colored brown or gray on the top; the bottom side is brighter. In a few species, the faces have four light-colored stripes. The patagium, the skin between the legs, is very small, and they lack a tail – a general characteristic of the fruit bats. The ears are acuminated and like many other leaf-nosed bats the nose bears a small, sharp leaf which is used for Animal echolocation, echolocation. Geographical distribution and habitat Neotropical fruit bats are found in the Neotropical realm, Neotropics from the north of Mexico and The Bahamas, to northern Argentina. They live in different natural habitats and can be found in both forests and grasslands. Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Artibeus Jamaicensis The Jamaican, common, or Mexican fruit bat (''Artibeus jamaicensis'') is a frugivorous bat species native to the Neotropics. Description The Jamaican fruit bat is a medium-sized bat, having a total length of with a wingspan and weighing . It has broad but pointed and ridged ears with a serrated tragus. Its prominent noseleaf has an array of sebaceous glands. The lower lip is littered with warts with a relatively large one in the center. Sebaceous holocrine glands can be found in both lips. On the back the fur is an ashy-shade of gray or brown with visible white hair bases and variable fur patterning on the face. The wings of the fruit bat are broad and dark gray in color. The underfur is paler in color. The fruit bat has no external tail. It has broad dark grey wings and a narrow hairless interfemoral membrane with a short calcar. The distinctive features of the Jamaican fruit bat (which however are shared by some of its relatives) include the absence of an external tail and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Stenodermatinae Stenodermatinae is a large subfamily of bats in the family Phyllostomidae. List of species Subfamily Stenodermatinae Genus: '' Ametrida'' * Little white-shouldered bat, ''Ametrida centurio'' Genus: '' Ardops'' * Tree bat, ''Ardops nichollsi'' Genus: '' Ariteus'' * Jamaican fig-eating bat, ''Ariteus flavescens'' Genus: ''Artibeus'' - Neotropical fruit bats Subgenus: ''Artibeus'' Large fruit-eating bat, ''Artibeus amplus'' * Fringed fruit-eating bat, ''Artibeus fimbriatus'' * Fraternal fruit-eating bat, ''Artibeus fraterculus'' * Hairy fruit-eating bat, ''Artibeus hirsutus'' * Honduran fruit-eating bat, ''Artibeus inopinatus'' Jamaican fruit bat, ''Artibeus jamaicensis'' Great fruit-eating bat, ''Artibeus lituratus'' * Dark fruit-eating bat, ''Artibeus obscurus'' * Flat-faced fruit-eating bat, ''Artibeus planirostris'' Subgenus: '' Dermanura'' * Andersen's fruit-eating bat, ''Artibeus anderseni'' * Aztec fruit-eating bat, ''Artibeus aztecus'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Artibeus Fraterculus The fraternal fruit-eating bat (''Artibeus fraterculus'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae that is found in drier habitats in Ecuador and Peru. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the Jamaican fruit bat, but was raised to species level in 1978. The smallest species in the group of large ''Artibeus'' (a group that also includes the Jamaican fruit bat, flat-faced fruit-eating bat, and great fruit-eating bat), it has a forearm length of , a total length of , and a weight of . It is a generalist frugivore, feeding on a variety of fruit and supplementing its diet with insects. It breeds in both the wet and dry season, with parturition (birth of young) peaking in February and May. The only known predator is the barn owl, although it may also be hunted by other birds of prey and the spectral bat. It is parasitized by species of streblid bat flies, mites, and protozoans. The fraternal fruit-eating bat is listed as being a species of least concern by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Artibeus Obscurus The dark fruit-eating bat (''Artibeus obscurus''), is a bat species from South America. Description Dark fruit-eating bats are relatively small, with an average body length of , and weighing from . Their fur is longer and darker than that of Artibeus, their closest relatives, being dark brown to sooty black over most of the body, with a white frosting. The underparts are paler, and there are also faint stripes of pale fur on the face. The nose-leaf is broad, with a distinct horseshoe separated from the upper lip. The snout is relatively narrow for a bat of its small size, and the ears are rounded, with a sharply pointed tragus (ear), tragus. Distribution and habitat Dark-fruit eating bats are found throughout the Amazon Basin. They are known from all but the southernmost parts of Brazil, from the Guyanas, and from the Amazonian regions of countries from Venezuela to Bolivia. They inhabit rainforests from sea level to , and, in the southern part of their range, savannah and patc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Leaf-nosed Bat The New World leaf-nosed bats (Phyllostomidae) are bats (order Chiroptera) found from southern North America to South America, specifically from the Southwest United States to northern Argentina. Both the scientific and common names derive from their often large, lance-shaped noses, though this is greatly reduced in some of the nectar- and pollen-feeders. Because these bats echolocate nasally, this "nose-leaf" is thought to serve some role in modifying and directing the echolocation call. Similar nose leaves are found in some other groups of bats, most notably the Old World leaf-nosed bats. They are the most ecologically diverse bat family; members of this family have evolved to use food groups as varied as fruit, nectar, pollen, insects, frogs, other bats, and small vertebrates, and in the case of the vampire bats, blood. Most species are insectivorous, but the phyllostomid bats also include true predatory species and frugivores (subfamily Stenodermatinae and Carolliinae). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Artibeus Lituratus The great fruit-eating bat (''Artibeus lituratus'') is a bat species found from Mexico to Brazil and Argentina, as well as in Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Grenada, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago. Description They weigh at birth and grow to as adults. The heart of ''A. lituratus'' contains unique membranous structures not seen in any other mammal. The functions of these differences are still being studied, but may possibly aid in keeping the heart in the correct position while upside down, flight assistance, and energy reservation. In Panama, it has been found that some Artibeus lituratus fly with 18-23g fruits of Dipteryx panamensis (Fabaceae), which is a third of the animal's body weight, up to hundreds of meters from the parent tree. Threats Reproductive damage within ''A. lituratus'' has been linked with the insecticide deltamethrin Deltamethrin is a pyrethroid ester insecticide. Deltamethrin plays a key role in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Artibeus Planirostris The flat-faced fruit-eating bat (''Artibeus planirostris'') is a South American species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the Jamaican fruit bat, but can be distinguished by its larger size, the presence of faint stripes on the face, and of a third molar tooth on each side of the upper jaw. Genetic analysis has also shown that the two species may not be closely related. Description Flat-faced fruit-eating bats are moderately sized bats, with adults measuring in total length and weighing . The fur is brownish-grey over most of the body, becoming grey on the underparts, although there are faint whitish stripes on the face. As their name suggests, the bats have a broad skull with a short snout. The ears are triangular, with rounded tips, although short compared with those of many other bats, and with a small tragus (ear), tragus. The snout bears a prominent triangular nose-leaf. The wings are dark brown or blackish, with white tips. A w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Artibeus Inopinatus The Honduran fruit-eating bat (''Artibeus inopinatus'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Description Artibeus inopinatus is a fruit eating bat native to Central America, of the order Chiroptera, family Phyllostomidae.Webster, D & Knox, J. 1983. "Artibeus hirsutus and Artibeus inopinatus" Mammalian Species Account. The American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 6 November 2016. Although the Honduran fruit-eating bat is considered data deficient by the IUCN, /sup> accounts suggest that they display many of the characteristic features of the Neotropical fruit bats (Arbiteus), and are morphologically very similar to the close relative A. hirsutus. 4] With an average weight of 36 g. the Honduran fruit eating bat is one of the smaller Neotropical bats, which typically range from 10-85 g. /sup> It displays the characteristic lack of tail and narrow patagium seen in fruit bats, and also has a very densely furred u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Artibeus Aequatorialis ''Artibeus aequatorialis,'' also known as Anderson's fruit-eating bat or the Ecuadorian fruit-eating bat, is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. The bat is endemic to northwestern South America west of the Andes mountain range. Taxonomy It was previously considered a subspecies of the Jamaican fruit bat (''A.'' ''jamaicensis)''. Larsen elevated it to species level on the basis of morphometric and genetic data. Habitat and distribution The bat is found in Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel .... It inhabits tropical dry forests and tropical lowland forests of the Chocó. It seems to be more common in humid forests. The northernmost and southernmost extent of its range are unknown. Conservation The species has been assessed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Artibeus Schwartzi ''Artibeus schwartzi'', or Schwartz's fruit-eating bat, is a species of bat found in the Lesser Antilles. It was previously considered a subspecies of the Jamaican fruit bat, (''A. jamaicensis''). It has been hypothesized that it arose from hybridization of three ''Artibeus'' species: ''A. jamaicensis'', ''A. planirostris'', and an unknown third species. Taxonomy and etymology ''A. schwartzi'' was described as a new subspecies of the Jamaican fruit bat in 1978. In 2007, however, Larsen et al. determined that ''A. schwartzi'' should be recognized as a full species based on genetic data. The eponym for the species name "''schwartzi''" is in honour of American biologist Albert Schwartz. Biology and ecology It is likely frugivorous. Range and habitat It is endemic to the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean Sea. Its range includes Barbados, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago. It has been documented at ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Artibeus Amplus The large fruit-eating bat (''Artibeus amplus'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in the countries of Colombia, Guyana, and Venezuela. The large fruit-eating bat is one of only a few microbats that eats leaves (a behavior seen mostly in megabat Megabats constitute the Family (biology), family Pteropodidae of the Order (biology), order Chiroptera. They are also called fruit bats, Old World fruit bats, or—especially the genus, genera ''Acerodon'' and ''Pteropus''—Pteropus, flyin ...s). References Artibeus Bats of South America Mammals of Venezuela Mammals of Colombia Mammals described in 1987 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{leafnosed-bat-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]