Rosenberg's fruit-eating bat
| Rosenberg's fruit-eating bat | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Phyllostomidae |
| Genus: | Artibeus |
| Species: | A. rosenbergi |
| Binomial name | |
| Artibeus rosenbergi Thomas, 1897 | |
Rosenberg's fruit-eating bat (Artibeus rosenbergi, often misspelled rosenbergii[2]) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in humid tropical forests in the El Chocó region on the coast of western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador at altitudes below 500 m.[1] Until recently it was included within A. glaucus,[3] a canopy frugivore that also eats insects.[1] It is threatened by deforestation.[1] The specific name is in honor of collector W. F. H. Rosenberg.[4]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Solari, S.; Mantilla, H. (2008). "Artibeus rosenbergii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 2008: e.T136505A4302004. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T136505A4302004.en.
- ↑ Gardner, Alfred L. (2008). Mammals of South America: Marsupials, xenarthrans, shrews, and bats. University of Chicago Press. pp. 669 (see p. 320). ISBN 0-226-28240-6.
- ↑ Simmons, N.B. (2005). "Order Chiroptera". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 418. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ↑ Thomas, O. (1897). "Descriptions of new bats and rodents from America". Journal of Natural History Series 6 20 (120): 544–553. doi:10.1080/00222939709487398.
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