Velvety fruit-eating bat

Velvety fruit-eating bat
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Phyllostomidae
Genus: Enchisthenes
Species: E. hartii
Binomial name
Enchisthenes hartii
Thomas, 1892
Synonyms

Artibeus hartii Thomas, 1892

The velvety fruit-eating bat (Enchisthenes hartii) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is monotypic within the genus Enchisthenes. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Peru, the United States, and Venezuela.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Muños, A., Lew, D., Sampaio, E., Lim, B., Peters, S., Arroyo Cabrales, J., Ticul Alvarez Castaneda, S., Cuarón, A.D. & de Grammont, P.C. (2008). "Enchisthenes hartii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 7 February 2010.