Taxonomy Artibeus

artibeus sp. sleeping in daytime on bottom side of leaf.

the genus of neotropical fruit bats divided 3 sub-genera (artibeus, koopmania, , dermanura). in taxonomies these discrete genera, enchisthenes hartii integrated in these genera. according wilson & reeder (2005), differentiated between following 21 species:

genus artibeus - neotropical fruit bats

subgenus artibeus

large fruit-eating bat, artibeus amplus lives in colombia, venezuela, , guyana.
fringed fruit-eating bat, artibeus fimbriatus has habitat in southern brazil, in paraguay , in north of argentina.
fraternal fruit-eating bat, artibeus fraterculus known in ecuador , peru.
hairy fruit-eating bat, artibeus hirsutus lives in western mexico.
honduran fruit-eating bat, artibeus inopinatus located in middle america (el salvador, nicaragua, , honduras). poorly known species considered data deficient iucn.
jamaican fruit bat, artibeus jamaicensis best explored species. spread bahamas , northern mexico, through central america northwestern peru. populations east of andes in south america regarded separate species, a. planirostris.
great fruit-eating bat, artibeus lituratus spread southern mexico northern argentina.
dark fruit-eating bat, artibeus obscurus lives exclusively in amazon basin.
flat-faced fruit-eating bat, artibeus planirostris found in of tropical south america east of andes. considered subspecies of a. jamaicensis


subgenus dermanura

andersen s fruit-eating bat, artibeus anderseni lives in north of south america (from peru french guiana).
aztec fruit-eating bat, artibeus aztecus spread middle mexico panama.
bogota fruit-eating bat, artibeus bogotensis
gervais s fruit-eating bat, artibeus cinereus lives in amazon basin.
silver fruit-eating bat, artibeus glaucus spread in north of south america (from colombia bolivia).
gnome fruit-eating bat, artibeus gnomus has geographical extension peru french guyana).
solitary fruit-eating bat, artibeus incomitatus known on island escudo de veraguas offshore north of panama. conservation status unknown.
pygmy fruit-eating bat, artibeus phaeotis known eastern mexico, peru , guyana.
rosenberg s fruit-eating bat, artibeus rosenbergi
toltec fruit-eating bat, artibeus toltecus spread northern mexico western colombia.
thomas s fruit-eating bat, artibeus watsoni lives in middle america (south of mexico colombia).


subgenus koopmania

brown fruit-eating bat, artibeus concolor lives in amazon basin.