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Aztec fruit-eating bat

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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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Classification
Living or Extinct
Yes 1
Conservation Status
Least Concern 2
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Phyllostomidae, Taxa
Source Dermanura azteca (Mammal Diversity Database)
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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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1. iNaturalist: Dermanura azteca taxon record
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"extinct": false
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2. Dermanura azteca (Mammal Diversity Database)
  • IUCN Red List status
    Least Concern
  • Species status
    Species status Living
  • Country distribution
    Costa Rica
  • Country distribution, where it lives
    El Salvador
  • Country distribution, where it lives (2)
    Guatemala
  • Country distribution, where it lives (3)
    Honduras
  • Country distribution, where it lives (4)
    Mexico
  • Country distribution, where it lives (5)
    Panama
  • Child Taxon Of: Phyllostomidae, Taxonomy block, family
    Family: Phyllostomidae
  • In Group: Bats (Chiroptera), Taxonomy block, order
    Order: Chiroptera
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