Rosenberg's fruit-eating bat

Rosenberg's fruit-eating bat (Dermanura rosenbergi, often misspelled rosenbergii[2]) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in humid tropical forests in the El Chocó region on the coast of western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador at altitudes below 500 m.[1] Until recently it was included within D. glauca,[3] a canopy frugivore that also eats insects.[1] It was elevated to full species status in 2009.[4] The specific name is in honor of collector W. F. H. Rosenberg.[5] The species is regarded as common, but is likely threatened by the deforestation of its habitat.[1]

Rosenberg's fruit-eating bat

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Phyllostomidae
Genus: Dermanura
Species:
D. rosenbergi
Binomial name
Dermanura rosenbergi
(Thomas, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Artibeus rosenbergi Thomas, 1897

References

  1. Solari, S.; Mantilla-Meluk, H. (2016). "Dermanura rosenbergi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136505A21972501. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  2. Gardner, Alfred L. (2008). Mammals of South America: Marsupials, xenarthrans, shrews, and bats. University of Chicago Press. pp. 669 (see p. 320). ISBN 978-0-226-28240-4.
  3. 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. p. 418. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  4. Solari, S.; Hoofer, S. R.; Larsen, P. A.; Brown, A. D.; Bull, R. J.; Guerrero, J. A.; Ortega, J.; Carrera, J. P.; Bradley, R. D.; Baker, R. J. (2009). "Operational Criteria for Genetically Defined Species: Analysis of the Diversification of the Small Fruit-Eating Bats, Dermanura (Phyllostomidae: Stenodermatinae)". Acta Chiropterologica. 11 (2): 279–288. doi:10.3161/150811009X485521.
  5. Thomas, O. (1897). "Descriptions of new bats and rodents from America". Journal of Natural History. Series 6. 20 (120): 544–553. doi:10.1080/00222939709487398.


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