Authority citation: Leach, W.E. 1821-06-21. The characters of seven genera of bats with foliaceous appendages to the nose. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 13(1):73-82.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/754802
Original name as described: Artibeus Jamaicensis
Nominal names: jamaicensis Leach, 1821 | lewisii (Leach, 1821) | carpolegus Gosse, 1851 | macleayii Dobson, 1878 [nomen nudum | not used as valid] | eva (Cope, 1889) | coryi J. A. Allen, 1890 | parvipes Rehn, 1902 | insularis J. A. Allen, 1904 | yucatanicus J. A. Allen, 1904 | praeceps Andersen, 1906 | richardsoni J. A. Allen, 1908 | yucatanensis Hatt, 1938 [incorrect subsequent spelling] | triomylus Handley, 1966 | paulus W. B. Davis, 1970 | lewisi Simmons, 2005 [incorrect subsequent spelling | not used as valid]
Other common names: Jamaican Artibeus
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Chiroptera -- Family: Phyllostomidae -- Subfamily: Stenodermatinae -- Tribe: Stenodermatini
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: BMNH:Mamm:4a
Type locality: "Jamaica."
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): United States (USA) | Mexico (MEX) | Guatemala (GTM) | Belize (BLZ) | Honduras (HND) | El Salvador (SLV) | Nicaragua (NIC) | Costa Rica (CRI) | Panama (PAN) | Colombia (COL) | Bahamas | Cayman Islands (CYM) | Jamaica (JAM) | Haiti (HTI) | Dominican Republic (DOM) | Cuba (CUB) | Puerto Rico (PRI) | British Virgin Islands (VGB) | Antigua and Barbuda (ATG) | Anguilla (AIA) | Barbados (BRB) | Dominica (DMA) | Grenada (GRD) | Guadeloupe (GLP) | Martinique (MTQ) | Montserrat (MSR) | Saint Kitts and Nevis (KNA) | Saint Lucia (LCA) | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VCT) | Aruba (ABW)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Least concern
Species-specific notes: previously included A. planirostris, A. aequatorialis, and A. schwartzi; includes triomylus, which was recently regarded as a distinct species
Citation: Larsen, P. A., Hoofer, S. R., Bozeman, M. C., Pedersen, S. C., Genoways, H. H., Phillips, C. J., ... & Baker, R. J. (2007). Phylogenetics and phylogeography of the Artibeus jamaicensis complex based on cytochrome-b DNA sequences. Journal of Mammalogy, 88(3), 712-727.|Larsen, P. A., Marchan-Rivadeneira, M. R., & Baker, R. J. (2010). Taxonomic status of Andersen's fruit-eating bat (Artibeus jamaicensis aequatorialis) and revised classification of Artibeus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). Zootaxa, 2648(1), 45-60.
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