Stenoderma rufum Desmarest 1820

Stenoderma rufum Desmarest 1820, Mammalogie, in: Encycl. Meth.: 117.

Type Locality: Not designated in original publication (probably Virgin Isls).

Vernacular Names: Red Fruit Bat.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Stenoderma rufum subsp. rufum Desmarest 1820

Subspecies Stenoderma rufum subsp. darioi Hall and Tamsitt 1968

Distribution: Puerto Rico and Virgin Isls (St. John and St. Thomas).

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Vulnerable.

Discussion: See Genoways and Baker (1972) and Timm and Genoways (2003).