Flat-faced fruit-eating bat

Flat-faced fruit-eating bat
The image is a drawing of a bat head.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Phyllostomidae
Genus: Artibeus
Species:
A. planirostris
Binomial name
Artibeus planirostris
(Spix, 1823)
Synonyms

Artibeus jamaicensis planirostris

The flat-faced fruit-eating bat (Artibeus planirostris) is a South American species[1] of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the Jamaican fruit bat,[2] but can be distinguished by its larger size, the presence of faint stripes on the face, and of a third molar tooth on each side of the upper jaw. Genetic analysis has also shown that the two species may not be closely related.[3]

  1. ^ a b Barquez, R.; Diaz, M. (2015). "Artibeus planirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T2139A21997607. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T2139A21997607.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ Simmons, N.B. (2005). "Order Chiroptera". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 312–529. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hollis2005 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).