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Dark fruit-eating bat

Mammals

The dark fruit-eating bat, Artibeus obscurus, is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae found across the Amazon Basin, including Brazil outside its southernmost regions, the Guianas, and Amazonian areas from Venezuela to Bolivia. It is relatively small, about 8 centimeters long and weighing 30 to 52 grams, with dark brown to sooty black fur lightly frosted with white, paler underparts, faint pale stripes on the face, and a broad, distinctly horseshoe shaped nose leaf. It occupies rainforest from sea level to 1,400 meters and, in the southern part of its range, savanna and semi deciduous forest; no subspecies are recognized, and the IUCN assesses it as Least Concern. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Frugivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Scientific Name
Artibeus obscurus 3
Conservation Status
Least Concern 2
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 4
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Phyllostomidae, Taxa
Source Dark fruit-eating bat (Wikidata)

In Biome

Savanna, Biomes
Source Dark fruit-eating bat (Wikipedia)
Source Dark fruit-eating bat (Wikipedia)

In Ecosystem

Source Dark fruit-eating bat (Wikipedia)
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Found In

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Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Sources
1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
2. Dark fruit-eating bat (Wikipedia)
  • Infobox: status
    LC
  • System/realm (stated plainly in the entity own recorded description)
    It occupies rainforest from sea level to 1,400 meters and, in the southern part of its range, savanna and semi deciduous forest; no subspecies are recognized, and the IUCN assesses it as Least Concern.
  • In Ecosystem: Amazon Rainforest, Distribution and habitat
    Dark-fruit eating bats are found throughout the Amazon Basin.
  • In Biome: Savanna, Distribution and habitat
    They inhabit rainforests from sea level to 1,400 m (4,600 ft), and, in the southern part of their range, savannah and patchy semi-deciduous forests.
  • In Biome: Tropical Rainforest, Distribution and habitat
    They inhabit rainforests from sea level to 1,400 m (4,600 ft), and, in the southern part of their range, savannah and patchy semi-deciduous forests.
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3. Dark fruit-eating bat (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q139432 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
  • Child Taxon Of: Phyllostomidae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Mammalia
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 34
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 34
"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Chordata","class":"Mammalia","order":null,"family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Mammifères","language":"FR"},{"name":"Mammals","language":"EN"},{"name":"Mamíferos","language":"ES"},{"name":"哺乳纲","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
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UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Phyllostomidae
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 514
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 514
"cites_listing":"III/NC","eu_listing":"C/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Chordata","class":"Mammalia","order":"Chiroptera","family":"Phyllostomidae"},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Sténoderme pseudo-vampire","language":"FR"},{"name":"Broad-Nosed Bat","language":"EN"},{"name":"Murciélagos Con Hoja Nasal Del Nuevo Mundo","language":"ES"},{"name":"叶口蝠科","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
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