Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Jamaican fruit-eating bat FAMILY - Phyllostomidae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Artibeus jamaicensis SYNONYMS - Artibeus yucatanicus- J.A. Allen 1904 REFERENCES - 2, 3 and 21 National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status Reference Common: high density, likely to be seen in many places 4 District Reference Toledo 2 Belize 2 Cayo 2 Corozal 2 Orange Walk 2 Stann Creek 2 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Ambergris Cay Collected as voucher March 18 Caracol Archaeological Reserve Captured or Mist net Dry season 10 Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve Dry season 9 Rio Bravo Conservation Area Permanent 7 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 6 Half Moon Caye Natural Monument 5 Columbia River Forest Reserve Permanent 13 Columbia River Forest Reserve 12 Bladen Nature Reserve 11 Gallon Jug Captured or Mist net Dry season 14 Ambergris Cay Captured or Mist net Dry season 15 Shipstern Nature Reserve Captured or Mist net Dry season 16 Half Moon Caye Natural Monument Captured or Mist net Wet season 17 Gallon Jug Collected as voucher March 19 Private land, see comments Collected as voucher August 19 Ambergris Cay Collected as voucher March 18 Altun Ha Archaeological Reserve Collected as voucher March 18 Rio Bravo Conservation Area Captured or Mist net Dry season 20 Hydrologic Association Reference Macal River 9 Mussel Creek 8 New River 20 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 18 17 52'35" to 18 11'30"; 87 49' to 88 03' 18 16 45' to 17 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 10 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 9 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 7 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 6 16 15' to 16 30'; 89 00' to 89 15' 12 16 15' to 16 30'; 88 45' to 89 00' 11 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 14 17 52'35" to 18 11'30"; 87 49' to 88 03' 15 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 00' to 88 15' 16 17 00' to 17 15'; 87 30' to 87 45' 17 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 19 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 15' to 88 30' 19 17 52'35" to 18 11'30"; 87 49' to 88 03' 18 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 18 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 20 Holdridge Life Zone Reference Subtropical moist 18 Marine 18 Subtropical moist 19 Subtropical moist 19 Marine 17 Subtropical moist 16 General Distribution Comments 20* Hillbank; La Milpa. 18* ROM Rockstone Pond; San Pedro. 19* LSU 0.75mi. E Corozal 17* 2 netted 21 Oct.95 15* Victoria House Ecology Trail 13* voucher specimen taken 11* Quebrado de Oro 9* Rubber Camp 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. 1:155-156 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.75-76 5 McCarthy, T. J., W. B. Davis, J. E. Hill, J. K. Jones Jr., G. A. Cruz. 1993. Bat (Mammalia: Chiroptera) Records, Early Collectors, and Faunal Lists for Northern Central America. Annals of Carnegie Museum. Vol. 62, No. 3, pp. 191-228 6 Rabinowitz, A.; B. G. Nottingham, Jr. 1989. Mammal species richness and relative abundance of small mammals in a subtropical wet forest of Central America. Mammalia V. 53, No. 2, pp.217-226 7 Jacobson, S. 1990. Wildlife Inventory of the Rio Bravo Conservation and Management Area. Parts I and II. Appendix 2. 8 Weyer, D. 1994. Proposal to Establish the Mussel Creek Drainage as a Wildlife Sanctuary. p.18 9 Clark, W. C. 1992. Mammal Surveys Along the Macal River in Areas to be Affected by the Belize Electricity Board's Proposed Hydroelectric Project. pp.3-16. Draft report in Macal River Hydroelectric Development Environmental Impact Assessment Rubber Camp and Chalillo Schemes Pre-feasibility Study - Draft Environmental Appendix. Volume II of III. 10 Howell, D. 1990. The Bats of Caracol. Parts I and II. 22 pp. Unpub. report for Wildlife Conservation Society. 11 McCarthy, T. J., M. Blake. 1987. Noteworthy bat records from the Maya Mountains Forest Reserve, Belize. Mammalia v. 51, No. 1, pp.161-164 12 Meyer, J. R. 1993. The University College of Belize Biological Expedition to the Columbia Forest Reserve, Toledo District, Belize. pp.1-9 13 Parker, T. A. III, B. K. Holst, L. H. Emmons, J. R. Meyer. 1993. A Biological Assessment of the Columbia River Forest Reserve, Toledo District, Belize. pp.23-25, p. 80 14 Miller, C.M., B.W. Miller. 1994 (Nov.). Working Checklist: Mammals of Gallon Jug and Chan Chich Lodge Area. Unpublished list. 15 Merriman, T. 1993. List of bats caught and observed with Dr. Merlin D. Tuttle, BCI Founder's Circle Trip, May 8-17, 1993. In lit. 16 Quigley, H. B., B. W. Miller, C. M. Miller. 1995. Mammal Survey, Shipstern Nature Reserve, April 4-13, 1995. Unpublished report for ITCF. 17 Miller, C. M., B. W. Miller. 1995. Avian Surveys: Half Moon Caye Natural Monument. Unpublished report for Belize Audubon Society. 18 ROM. 1995. Collections data from mammal department, Royal Ontario Museum. 19 LSU Museum of Natural Science, Belize collection. August 31, 1995. Curator: Mark S. Hafner. 20 Smith, Rosemary L. 1994. Neotropical Bats as Indicators of Environmental Disturbance. Masters Thesis. Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology. pp.64. 21 Koopman, Karl F. 1994. Chiroptera: Systematics (in) Handbook of Zoology. W. de Gruyter. Berlin-NY. p.46.
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