Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Big fruit-eating bat FAMILY - Phyllostomidae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Artibeus lituratus palmarum SYNONYMS - Artibeus lituratus palmarum- Hershkowitz 1949, Artibeus palmarum- J.A. Allen and Chapman 1897 and Aribeus femurvillosum- Bangs 1899 REFERENCES - 1, 2, 3 and 14 National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status Reference Common: high density, likely to be seen in many places 4 District Reference Belize 2 Cayo 2 Corozal 2 Orange Walk 2 Stann Creek 2 Toledo 2 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Altun Ha Archaeological Reserve Collected as voucher Dry season 11 Lamanai Archaeological Reserve Collected as voucher May 11 Caracol Archaeological Reserve Captured or Mist net Dry season 8 Rio Bravo Conservation Area Permanent 7 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 6 Bladen Nature Reserve 5 Gallon Jug Captured or Mist net Dry season 9 Private land, see comments Captured or Mist net Dry season 10 Private land, see comments Collected as voucher August 12 Altun Ha Archaeological Reserve Collected as voucher March 11 Rio Bravo Conservation Area Captured or Mist net Dry season 13 Hydrologic Association Reference Macal River 10 New River 13 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 11 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 30' to 88 45' 11 16 45' to 17 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 8 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'; 88 45' to 89 00' 5 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 9 17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 10 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 15' to 88 30' 12 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 11 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 11 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 13 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 13 Holdridge Life Zone Reference Subtropical moist 11 Subtropical moist 12 Subtropical moist 11 General Distribution Comments 13* Hillbank; La Milpa. 12* LSU 0.75mi. E Corozal 11* ROM Rockstone Pond. 10* Chaa Creek Cottages 5* Quebrado de Oro 7* shown as A. intermedius. 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. 1:157-158 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. pp.75-76 5 McCarthy, T. J., M. Blake. 1987. Noteworthy bat records from the Maya Mountains Forest Reserve, Belize. Mammalia v. 51, No. 1, pp.161-164 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 Howell, D. 1990. The Bats of Caracol. Parts I and II. 22 pp. Unpub. report for Wildlife Conservation Society. 9 Miller, C.M., B.W. Miller. 1994 (Nov.). Working Checklist: Mammals of Gallon Jug and Chan Chich Lodge Area. Unpublished list. 10 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. 11 ROM. 1995. Collections data from mammal department, Royal Ontario Museum. 12 LSU Museum of Natural Science, Belize collection. August 31, 1995. Curator: Mark S. Hafner. 13 Smith, Rosemary L. 1994. Neotropical Bats as Indicators of Environmental Disturbance. Masters Thesis. Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology. pp.64. 14 Koopman, Karl F. 1994. Chiroptera: Systematics (in) Handbook of Zoology. W. de Gruyter. Berlin-NY. p.46.
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