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--> SUBFAMILY Stenodermatinae
--> TRIBE Stenodermatini
--> GENUS Artibeus
--> SUBGENUS Artibeus
SPECIES Artibeus (Artibeus) obscurus
Author: | Schinz, 1821. | Citation: | In G. Cuvier, Das Tierreich, 1: 164. | Common Name: | Dark Fruit-eating Bat | Type Locality: | Brazil, Bahia, Rio Peruhype, Villa Vicosa. | Distribution: | Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil. | Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (nt). | Comments: | Subgenus Artibeus. Distinct from jamaicensis; see Handley (1989), Brosset and Charles-Dominique (1990), Lim and Wilson (1993), Marques-Aguiar (1994), and Simmons and Voss (1998). This species has often been referred to as fuliginosus in the literature, but obscurus is a senior synonym; see Handley (1989). |
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