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--> ORDER CHIROPTERA
--> FAMILY Phyllostomidae
--> SUBFAMILY Stenodermatinae
--> TRIBE Stenodermatini
--> GENUS Artibeus
--> SUBGENUS Artibeus
SPECIES Artibeus (Artibeus) fraterculus
Author: | Anthony, 1924. | Citation: | Am. Mus. Novit., 114: 5. | Common Name: | Fraternal Fruit-eating Bat | Type Locality: | Ecuador, El Oro, Portovelo, 2,000 ft. (610 m). | Distribution: | Ecuador, Peru. | Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Vulnerable. | Comments: | Subgenus Artibeus. Considered a subspecies of jamaicensis by Jones and Carter (1976), but see Koopman (1978b) and Marques-Aguiar (1994). |
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