Belize Biodiversity Information System

   Wildlife Conservation Society

   Ministry of Natural Resources' Land Information Centre

   01/19/98



  NAME -                 Little fruit-eating bat

  FAMILY -               Phyllostomidae
  SCIENTIFIC NAME -      Enchisthenes hartii

  SYNONYMS - Demanura hartii - Owen 1987 and Artibeus hartii- Thomas 1892

  REFERENCES - 1, 2, 3, 7 and 8

  National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status    Reference

  Uncommon: occur at low density in proper habitat.          4
  Rare: low density, unlikely to be seen, few localities     4
  

   - Comments on Status

  4* Artibeus spp.: most spp. widespread

  District                                                     Reference

  Belize                                                               2
  Cayo                                                                 2
  Corozal                                                              2
  Orange Walk                                                          2
  Stann Creek                                                          2
  Toledo                                                               2
  

  Administrative Unit                  Occurrence          Temporal    Reference

  Rio Bravo Conservation Area           Captured or Mist net Dry season       5
  

  

                                        
  

  

                         
  

  1:50,000 Quadrangle                   Reference

  17 45' to 18 00'; 88 45' to 89 00'           5
  

  

                                                
  

  General Distribution Comments

  5* La Milpa.

  References

  1  McCarthy, T. J. 1993. Checklist: Mammals of Belize. BAS Newsletter
     25 (2-3).
  
  2  Hall, E. R. 1981. Mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley &
     Sons. New York. 1:163-164
  
  3  Koopman, Karl F. 1993. Chiroptera. in  Wilson, D. E., and D. M. Reeder,
     eds, Mammalian species of the world, 2nd ed, Smithsonian Institution
     Press, Washington, D.C., pp. 137-241.
  
  4  Emmons, L. H. 1990.  Neotropical Rainforest Mammals, a field guide.
     University of Chicago Press.  Chicago and London. p.76-77
  
  5  Smith, Rosemary L. 1994.  Neotropical Bats as Indicators of
     Environmental Disturbance.  Masters Thesis. Durrell Institute of
     Conservation and Ecology. pp.64.
  
  6  Arroyo-Cabrales, J. and R. D. Owen. 1997. Enchisthenes hartii.
     Mammalian Species No. 546. pp.4. American Society of Mammalogists.
  
  7  Koopman, Karl F. 1994. Chiroptera: Systematics (in) Handbook of Zoology.
     W. de Gruyter. Berlin-NY. p.46.
  
  8  Arroyo-Cabrales, J. and R.D. Owen. 1997. Enchisthenes hartii.  Mammalian
     Species. No.546. pp.1-4. American Society of Mammalogists.