Artibeus (Artibeus) fraterculus Anthony 1924

Artibeus (Artibeus) fraterculus Anthony 1924, Am. Mus. Novit., 114: 5.

Type Locality: Ecuador, El Oro, Portovelo, 2,000 ft. (610 m).

Vernacular Names: Fraternal Fruit-eating Bat.

Distribution: Ecuador, Peru.

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

Discussion: Subgenus Artibeus . Considered a subspecies of jamaicensis by Jones and Carter (1976), but see Koopman (1978 b) and Marques-Aguiar (1994).