The Aztec fruit-eating bat, Dermanura azteca, is a small leaf-nosed bat of Mexico and Central America. Knud Andersen described it in 1906 from Tetela del Volcán in Morelos, Mexico, as Artibeus aztecus, and its name refers to the Aztecs of that country. The Mammal Diversity Database gives its range as Michoacán and Oaxaca to Nuevo León and Sinaloa in Mexico, south to western Panama, and lists Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Panama. Wikipedia describes it as one of the largest members of its genus and tailless. The database moves it from Artibeus to Dermanura while noting that some authors do not accept that split. The IUCN rates it Least Concern.
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Costa Rica
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El Salvador
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Guatemala
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Honduras
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Mexico
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Panama
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Least Concern
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Costa Rica
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El Salvador
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Guatemala
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Honduras
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Mexico
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Panama
Child Taxon Of: Phyllostomidae, Taxonomy block, family
Family: Phyllostomidae
In Group: Bats (Chiroptera), Taxonomy block, order
Order: Chiroptera
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