Artibeus (Artibeus) obscurus Schinz 1821

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Phyllostomidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 395-426 : 420

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scientific name	Artibeus (Artibeus) obscurus Schinz 1821
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Artibeus (Artibeus) obscurus Schinz 1821 View in CoL

Artibeus (Artibeus) obscurus Schinz 1821 View in CoL , in: G. Cuvier, Das Thierreich, Vol. 1: 164.

Type Locality: Brazil, Bahia, Rio Peruhype, Villa Vicosa.

Vernacular Names: Dark Fruit-eating Bat.

Synonyms: Artibeus (Artibeus) fuliginosus Gray 1838 .

Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Subgenus Artibeus . Distinct from jamaicensis ; see Handley (1989), Brosset and Charles-Dominique (1990), Lim and Wilson (1993), Marques-Aguiar (1994), and Simmons and Voss (1998). This species has often been referred to as fuliginosus in the literature, but obscurus is a senior synonym; see Handley (1989).